Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 23:03:08 +0200 (MET DST) From: Stefan Esser <se@zpr.uni-koeln.de> To: dg@root.com Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>, current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ncr53c810 driver in stable/current Message-ID: <199607222103.XAA04254@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199607220803.BAA10665@root.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.94.960722032035.268A-100000@ki.net> <199607220803.BAA10665@root.com>
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David Greenman writes: > > for the second time today, my -stable machine has crashed, > >and hung while trying to reboot. the machine is using an ncr53c810 > >SCSI controller (the ASUS PC-200(sp?)) is the only SCSI controller > >in the box.... > > > > Now, I can live with the crashes, for now, but the fact that > >it is hanging on reboots is becoming a royal pain... > > > > The last time I reported this, someone made mention that > >the cause was the NCR driver not switching modes or something like > >that, so that it can't dump core...? > > > > If anyone remembers this thread, or knows what the hell I'm > >talking about...has this been fixed in -current? > > We've seen this problem on freefall (which uses the NCR controller). It > likes to hang when we try to reboot it. I don't recall any fixes for this, > and I don't know what causes it. Hmm, I have not heard about this problem on other systems ... Could both of you please send details on the configuration: 1) CPU class (eg. P5/133) 2) controller chip (810 or 825) 3) disk drives connected 4) type of hang (does the SDMS BIOS probe complete ?) Since 1-3) is reported in the boot messages, I'd like to receive a verbose boot log. Regarding the kernel dump: It used to work at a time, and I'm not sure what makes it fail. There was some way to obtain a kernel core with DDB at no risk of data corruption on the disk (which I couldn't take !), but I don't remember any details. I'll build a kernel with the debugger and will try to test the dump feature over the next few days. (Please allow 10 days for me to get it fixed ...) Regards, STefanhome | help
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