Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 14:59:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: mrami@minerva.cis.yale.edu Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: kernel page fault while doing tar to /dev/rft0 Message-ID: <199506042159.OAA21672@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950604171425.836B-100000@mramirez.sy.yale.edu> from "Marc Ramirez" at Jun 4, 95 05:17:21 pm
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> > On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, J Wunsch wrote: > > > CAN SOMEBODY WITH A WORKING FLOPPY TAPE PLEASE CHECK IF THE SUGGESTED > > FIX (move 5 lines below the #ifdef block) WOULD WORK? THIS MUST GO > > INTO 2.0.5!!! > > $ tar tvf /dev/rft0 > fdc0: output ready timeout > fdc0: input ready timeout > fdc0: input ready timeout > tar: read error on /dev/rft0: Device not configured > fdc0: output ready timeout > fdc0: input ready timeout > fdc0: input ready timeout > $ > > The fdc0: messages are kernel printf's. I can visually see that this patch would be wrong, first off fdc would be uninitialzed inside the #if block, and would be referenced. I don't know why you didn't panic, but you should have!!! Just got lucky with what ever trash was on the stack :-). Try again Joerg, only look very very carefully at the code!!! -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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