From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 21:40:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0E5D16A41C for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 21:40:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665FC43D54 for ; Tue, 24 May 2005 21:40:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [192.168.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212293F294; Tue, 24 May 2005 23:40:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id A45C823B; Tue, 24 May 2005 23:40:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C56EE7; Tue, 24 May 2005 23:40:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 23:40:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans To: Wilko Bulte In-Reply-To: <200505242030.j4OKU5m8016878@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <200505242030.j4OKU5m8016878@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: alpha/30486: AlphaServer DS10 floppy access is broken X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 21:40:15 -0000 On Tue, 24 May 2005, Wilko Bulte wrote: > The following reply was made to PR alpha/30486; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Wilko Bulte > To: Sten Spans > Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG, wilko@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: alpha/30486: AlphaServer DS10 floppy access is broken > Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 22:20:26 +0200 > > On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 10:19:01PM +0200, Sten Spans wrote.. > > > > disabling dma (FDC_NODMA) recreates the RELENG_4 > > behaviour : > > > > deepthought# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k count=1 > > dd: /dev/fd0: Input/output error > > 1+0 records in > > 0+0 records out > > 0 bytes transferred in 1.928038 secs (0 bytes/sec) > > deepthought# fdformat /dev/fd0 > > Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y > > Processing fdformat: ioctl(FD_FORM): Input/output error > > > > So it's either kernel crash in isadma or broken pio, > > gotta love free choice :} > > A long time ago Andrew Gallatin (gallatin@) and myself tried > to narrow it down. ISTR Drew thought it was isadma getting something > wrong. I'll try to clean a few of the simple alpha pr's first and then look into this further. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem