Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:35:34 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: terry@lambert.org, imb@scgt.oz.au, stable@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2842 and the disappearing file-system :-( Message-ID: <199603052035.NAA08976@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603051952.LAA18831@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Mar 5, 96 11:52:56 am
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> >> This particular failure, as I mentioned before on the -stable list, is > >> specific to the VESA controller (2842 rev C). It has never occurred with the > >> BT542B and I've established that the "cheap" version (i.e. non-enhanced) of > >> the Amd486DX4 that I'm using is only capable of running its internal cache > >> in write-thru mode. > >> > >> My question is this .. since -stable is presently unusable unless I want to > >> strangle my disk I/O (with news arriving at ~3 articles/second) and -release > >> too buggy for "heavy-duty" use, is -current likely to be any better ? > > > >Obviously your cache is not being updated correctly as a result of > >a DMA completion. > > > > Actually this appears to be a bug in eisaconf as it affects all > eisa scsi controllers at the moment. I'm looking into it, but the > problem is not obvious and doesn't occur in -current. He has a VESA controller... brain farts are contagious! Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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