Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 04:00:59 +0000 (GMT) From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: 4.4-R kernel.GENERIC hates mlx cards? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0110060342100.2862-100000@www.everquick.net>
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Greetings all, Anyone else tried booting 4.4-R GENERIC with an mlx controller? The machine on which I tried[1] just sits there (numlock works, CTRL+ALT+DEL does nothing) when attempting to mount root. IIRC, it was unhappy even when root was on ad0 -- the mere presence of a DAC960 seems to be a problem. [1]The config is as follows: + Chaintech 6BTA3 m/b + Trident 9660 PCI vid (no flames, please; it was laying around) + Compaq 21143PC NIC + DAC960PDU-1 w/ 3.51-0-04 firmware Yes, I'm using the 2 GB BIOS. I can't even run the boot loader off of my mlx volume if using the 8 GB BIOS. I compiled a custom kernel minus "a lot" of extra drivers, and all is well. No big deal, as I doubt that any RAID-using person would run GENERIC, anyhow... ...but I have no ISA devices in this system. I should think that any potentially dangerous ISA-probing code would not have a chance to stumble on a PCI device. I'll check my m/b BIOS version, and will soon try a mlx 2.73 card on a Biostar M6TLA board. I'm not comfortable filing a PR until I have more info, and rule out my config, but thought that I'd pass on this much info. The system seems perfectly happy once running, but I've not flogged it heavily yet. Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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