From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 8 22:20:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BD2B16A4CF for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:20:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7751043D31 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i196KEbv047369 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i196KEGv047368; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:20:14 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200402090620.i196KEGv047368@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, bob prohaska Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B93BF16A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:17:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from imlpld1.berkeley.edu (imlpld1.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.201.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 808C643D2F for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 22:17:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob@imlpld1.berkeley.edu) Received: (from bob@localhost) by imlpld1.berkeley.edu (8.11.5/8.11.1) id i195TX312436; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:29:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob) Message-Id: <200402090529.i195TX312436@imlpld1.berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:29:33 -0800 (PST) From: bob prohaska To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: i386/62565: device.hints are not honored in 5.2.1-RC X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob prohaska List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:20:14 -0000 >Number: 62565 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: device.hints are not honored in 5.2.1-RC >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 08 22:20:14 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: bob prohaska >Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC >Organization: University of California, Berkeley >Environment: 486 cpu, 1542b, ne2000, 20 megs RAM >Description: The target host is a 486-33 with Adaptec 1542b scsi adapter, ne2000 ethernet adapter and generic 1440 floppy drive. All worked well enough to install FreeBSD 5.1 with the gymnastics described here: http://imlpld1.berkeley.edu/~bob/FreeBSD/ On booting the 5.2.1-RC floppies (fdformatted first, all md5 sums are correct) written on the boot drive the usual prompts are presented and the loader prompt invites device.hints: those are set hint.aha.0.disabled=0 set hint.ed.0.disabled=0 set hint.ed.0.port=0x300 set hint.ed.0.irq=5 The changes are reflected (and unaffected by double quotes) in the "show" command, but a "boot" command does not probe aha0 nor ed0, ending with the: mountroot> prompt which accepts ufs:md0a as a reply. /stand/sysintall starts up, with a flock of errors related to failed module loads and an invitation to use the driver floppy. The sysinstall Main Menu comes up, but with no disks nor ethernet adapters found it's a fruitless venture. >How-To-Repeat: Try to reinstall again. >Fix: None at this time. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: