Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:52:24 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, gary.jennejohn@freenet.de Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: parallel printer Message-ID: <200802041452.24817.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080204203713.508add0f@peedub.jennejohn.org> References: <47A7474D.3010201@ccstores.com> <20080204203713.508add0f@peedub.jennejohn.org>
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On Monday 04 February 2008 02:37:13 pm Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:11:41 -0800
> Jim Pazarena <famd64@ccstores.com> wrote:
>
> > I loaded 7.0RC1 on a new amd dual core machine
> > and when setting up the parallel printer actually,
> > when trying to print, the report starts, but the machine does
> > a panic and reboot.
> >
> > The system works fine in all other aspects, such as it is handing
> > out DHCP properly to a few other computers, it functions fine
> > ethernet wise ('re' driver works as expected).
> >
> > This core dump at parallel printing is a show stopper for me.
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> AFAIK there's an error in handling interrupts. Try ``lptcontrol -p''
> to run in polled mode (works for me).
>
> Note that this problem is not specific to AMD64.
It should be fixed in RELENG_7 and RELENG_7_0. RC2 should include the
fix/workaround when it comes out.
--
John Baldwin
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