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Date:      Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:55:49 +0200
From:      Thomas Moestl <t.moestl@tu-bs.de>
To:        Chris Jackman <cjacknospamthanks@klatsch.org>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: correctable DMA error AFAR
Message-ID:  <20030903165549.GA20825@timesink.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030721224708.GB768@crow.dom2ip.de>
References:  <20030721194436.GA42900@collab.or8.net> <20030721224708.GB768@crow.dom2ip.de>

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On Tue, 2003/07/22 at 00:47:08 +0200, Thomas Moestl wrote:
> On Mon, 2003/07/21 at 15:44:36 -0400, Chris Jackman wrote:
> > My e250 has locked up twice in the last few weeks with these
> > error messages.  The error gets repeated over and over
> > again on the serial console, and I can't do anything to the
> > box except power cycle it.
> 
> This interrupt is informational only, and the documentation states
> that no further cleanup is required. We should probably clear the
> error bits in the status register however, since this looks like the
> interrupt being triggered again and again when any bits are still
> set. The manual is a bit ambiguous on that point, but clearing the
> bits is desirable anyway since it improves error reporting.
> 
> The attached patch implements this; can you please try it and report
> how well it behaved on the next ECC error?

So, did you see such errors again, and if so, did the patch fix the
lockups?

Thanks,
	- Thomas

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