From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 29 02:34:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1497C16A41C for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 02:34:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brucegb@realtime.net) Received: from ruth.realtime.net (ruth.realtime.net [205.238.132.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D4043D1D for ; Sun, 29 May 2005 02:34:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brucegb@realtime.net) Received: from tigerfish2.my.domain (unverified [70.113.33.56]) by realtime.net (Realtime Communications Advanced E-Mail Services V9.2) with ESMTP id 84573836 for multiple; Sat, 28 May 2005 21:34:05 -0500 Received: from tigerfish2.my.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tigerfish2.my.domain (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4T2Y4bC028485; Sat, 28 May 2005 21:34:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brucegb@tigerfish2.my.domain) Received: (from brucegb@localhost) by tigerfish2.my.domain (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j4T2Y3LZ028484; Sat, 28 May 2005 21:34:03 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brucegb) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 21:34:03 -0500 From: Bruce Burden To: Doug White Message-ID: <20050529023403.GA20906@tigerfish2.my.domain> References: <200505162358.j4GNwFjg033775@sullivan.realtime.net> <20050518160240.Q87264@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20050519022029.GB16642@tigerfish2.my.domain> <20050520131345.P8229@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050520131345.P8229@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with ASR card/5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 02:34:07 -0000 Hi Doug, On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 01:14:51PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 18 May 2005, Bruce Burden wrote: > > > > Hi Doug, > > > > well, pulling cards demonstrated where the problem lie, but it > > was not a hardware problem. By chance, I happened upon the "options > > ASR_COMPAT" directive, and that solved my problem. However, the > > GENERIC kernel configuration for i386 does NOT have this option, but > > it does have the "asr" driver configured. > > ASR_COMPAT controls some sizes of fields for use with the control ioctl. I > don't think this would case problems on boot unless you are running an old > control program at boot time, or whenever the panic occurs. > I did not have any of the ASR tools installed, since this was a clean install from the 5.4 CD. As it was, the tools were not installed until one of the SCSI drives failed 1 week after I had 5.4 installed and running more or less to my satisfaction. Bruce -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes