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Date:      Fri, 10 May 2002 16:02:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
To:        H@Schmalzbauer.de, jerry@thehutt.org
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.3-GENERIC was the last booting [WAS: CD-Boot hangs on rootmounting MD]
Message-ID:  <200205102002.g4AK2fc28907@lakes.dignus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020508125910.GA1829@nomad.thehutt.org>

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Jerry A! <jerry@thehutt.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 12:59:50PM +0300, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
> : After experimenting a bit I found that 4.3 is installing fine, starting
> : with 4.4 the system hangs.
> : It seems to be bug#30902, but unfortunately I can't change any USB-BIOS
> : settings. Also removing USB from the kernel of 4.5-GENERIC doesn't help.
> : Any chances to fix this bug?
> 
> VAIO laptop using the external (Sony CD51) cdrom?  Hmm.  I'll venture to
> guess that you want to set the following when you boot up:
> 
> hw.pcic.intr_path="1"
> hw.pcic.irq="0"
> 
> 4.4 introduced PCI routing which the VAIO cdrom doesn't seem to like.
> Please check out the RELNOTES where this is mentioned for more details.
> 
> Also, could we *please* FAQ-itize this somewhere?  I don't even type the
> "hw.pcic..." part anymore, it's a mutt macro now.  8)

 Need to be careful with that FAQ - when I do this on my VAIO (F480),
 it causes it to lock up.  My VAIO has other problems that seem to be
 PCI interrupt request related, though (can't use pccard - inserting the 
 card causes the machine to freeze-up, removing the card corrects
 that.)

	- Dave Rivers -

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