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Date:      Sun, 03 Aug 2003 12:28:20 +0100
From:      Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To:        jesse@wingnet.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.1 on an A31p
Message-ID:  <3F2CF1D4.9090000@algroup.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <bgc2v5$flr$1@main.gmane.org>
References:  <3F28F2A2.2020906@algroup.co.uk> <bgc2v5$flr$1@main.gmane.org>

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Jesse Guardiani wrote:

> Ben Laurie wrote:
> 
> 
>>So, after a long pause, I'm trying to get 5.x working on my IBM A31p.
>>I've made a boot CD from the 5.1 ISO images, vintage a week or so ago.
>>When I boot (in any mode, ACPI on or off, or Safe), it dies immediately
>>after discovering firewire:
>>
>>firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
>>
>>
>>
>>Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
>>fault virtual address  = 0x2c
>>fault code             = supervisor read, page not present
>>instruction pointer    = 0x8:0xc02e5a50
>>stack pointer          = 0x10:0xc0ae39b0
>>frame pointer          = 0x10:0xc0ae39b4
>>code segment           = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
>>                       = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
>>processor eflags       = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
>>current process        = 0 (swapper)
>>trap number            = 12
>>panic: page fault
>>
>>Now what?
> 
> 
> I had the same problem on an IBM A30p with 5.1. Do this
> at the boot loader prompt:
> 
> set hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1
> 
> That should take care of it. You'll need to place the part after
> 'set' in your /boot/device.hints file after you complete the install,
> otherwise your kernel will continue to fail at boot.

That did the trick, thanks.

Cheers,

Ben.

> 
> HTH.
> 


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