Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:33:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Stefan Esser <se@zpr.uni-koeln.de> Cc: dg@root.com, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>, current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ncr53c810 driver in stable/current Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960722143306.11997C@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199607222103.XAA04254@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de>
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On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Stefan Esser wrote: > 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 ...) Maybe it could be the SCSI Tags problem I had before? Vince
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