From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 10 12:59:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA02185 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:59:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from Sisyphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Sisyphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA02179 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:59:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (annexr2-43.slip.Uni-Koeln.DE) by Sisyphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE with SMTP id AA01661 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Fri, 10 Jan 1997 21:59:30 +0100 Received: (from se@localhost) by x14.mi.uni-koeln.de (8.8.4/8.6.9) id VAA04628; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 21:58:46 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 21:57:25 +0100 From: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ncr probe FAILS on 2.2-BETA_A! References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL15 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Jan 10, 1997 00:38:52 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Jan 10, dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu (Doug White) wrote: > Hello! > > I'm attempting to install 2.2-BETA_A on a SiS Pentium 100 system, and the > ncr startup locks the system up just after > > ncr0 waiting for devices to settle > > This machine works perfectly with 2.2-ALPHA. I've booted -c and reduced > the devices to the bare necessities with no change. Hmm, the NCR driver changes between ALPHA and BETA are quite simple, and mostly stylistic ... > ncr0 rev 3 int a irq 11 on pci0:13 > ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle <-- 2.2-BETA stops here > (ncr0:3:0): "PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-4XCE 1.00" type 5 removable SCSI 2 > The SCSI devices to receive the bus reset, as the lights on the CDROMs > light up, but that's all. The floppy drive light is stuck on and the > keyboard LEDs don't function when the lockup occurs. I expect this to be a problem with your chip set ... Perhaps you want to try booting with PCI options (write buffers, PCI burst mode) disabled. > There were no changes to the system configuration between shutting down > 2.2-ALPHA and booting the BETA floppy. > > Sorry for taking so long to report this; today is the only time I've had > to try plugging in BETA. > > Boot -v and other information available by request. Please try the applied patch. If it doesn't work, then send boot -v messages. If you have access to the CVS tree, you may want to use the driver from 2.2-ALPHA. I can send you a context diff, if you prefer that ... Regards, STefan