From owner-freebsd-alpha  Wed Oct  6  5: 0:15 1999
Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Received: from freebsd.dk (freebsd.dk [212.242.42.178])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 77F7D15313; Wed,  6 Oct 1999 05:00:07 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from sos@freebsd.dk)
Received: (from sos@localhost)
	by freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA22825;
	Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:59:58 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from sos)
From: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
Message-Id: <199910061159.NAA22825@freebsd.dk>
Subject: Re: Still ATA problems
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991006134318.erik@habatech.no> from "Erik H. Bakke" at "Oct 6, 1999 01:43:18 pm"
To: erik@habatech.no (Erik H. Bakke)
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:59:58 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org

It seems Erik H. Bakke wrote:
> I am still having problems with the ATA driver.
> I am seeing the same error messages as has been reported on the lists during
> the last few weeks, both on i386 and alpha platforms.
> On the i386, the problem is just an irritating itch, but it seems to be
> far more serious on the alpha, where the system reboots instantly when the
> problems occur.
> On reboot, the system stops at the probing of disks, reporting a timeout.
> Then, the system reboots again, probing and rebooting in an endless loop.
> 
> I have the latest sources, as cvsupped today, October 6th.
> 
> I can provide more information on the system configuration if needed, but I
> have no access to it right now.

I have a new version almost ready that should fix this problem, including
the panic on the alpha. It just a bit more testing then I'll commit it...

-Søren


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message