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Date:      Sun, 4 Jun 1995 19:11:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Marc Ramirez <mrami@mramirez.sy.yale.edu>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Subject:   Re: kernel page fault while doing tar to /dev/rft0
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950604190853.907A-100000@mramirez.sy.yale.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199506042159.OAA21672@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>

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On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:

> > 
> > On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, J Wunsch wrote:
> > 
> > > CAN SOMEBODY WITH A WORKING FLOPPY TAPE PLEASE CHECK IF THE SUGGESTED
> > > FIX (move 5 lines below the #ifdef block) WOULD WORK?  THIS MUST GO
> > > INTO 2.0.5!!!
> > 
> > $ tar tvf /dev/rft0
> > fdc0: output ready timeout
> > fdc0: input ready timeout
> > fdc0: input ready timeout
> > tar: read error on /dev/rft0: Device not configured
> > fdc0: output ready timeout
> > fdc0: input ready timeout
> > fdc0: input ready timeout
> > $ 
> > 
> > The fdc0: messages are kernel printf's.
> 
> I can visually see that this patch would be wrong, first off fdc would
> be uninitialzed inside the #if block, and would be referenced.  I don't
> know why you didn't panic, but  you should have!!!  Just got lucky
> with what ever trash was on the stack :-).

Just noticed something: 'ft|tar tvf -' still works, although it is bracketed 
with the fdc0 error messages as above.  This is 950412-SNAP, by the way.

> Try again Joerg, only look very very carefully at the code!!!
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
> Accurate Automation Company                   Custom computers for FreeBSD
> 



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