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Date:      Wed, 14 Feb 1996 10:56:22 +0500
From:      Richard J Kuhns <rjk@sparcmill.grauel.com>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: One problem && one question 
Message-ID:  <9602141556.AA00009@sparcmill.grauel.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602140522.VAA08632@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <9602131927.AA23929@sparcmill.grauel.com> <199602140522.VAA08632@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Justin T. Gibbs writes:
 > >That works fine for any ``working'' kernel; apparently none of the boot
 > >messages from a non-working kernel end up in the circular buffer dmesg
 > >uses.  IE, if I boot-working then boot-nonworking then boot-working and run
 > >dmesg, I get the messages from the 2 boot-working kernels only.
 > 
 > How would you expect the dmesg buffer to be written to disk if the
 > probe for your disk controller isn't successful? 8-)
 > 

I didn't think the dmesg buffer was ever written to disk -- I thought it
was just a circular in-core deal.  I don't recall ever seeing messages from
an earlier boot after a power cycle, anyhow.

 > > > When you get a chance, try this one.  Now that I'm not editing over a link
 > > > with 50% packet loss, its much easier to check my work. :)
 > > > 
 > >
 > >I tried it; I'm afraid it made no difference.  By the way, here's one more
 > >line from the (failing) pci-probe:
 > >
 > >bt0: uses 4 bytes of I/O space from 6000 upto 6003
 > 
 > Ahh.  It did make a difference.  Unfortunately, when I was cleaning
 > up the bt driver, I assumed that the PCI probe would always return
 > one of the ISA compatibility addresses.  As Rod pointed out, this is
 > not always the case.  This patch should do the trick
 > 

Thanks... I'll try it over lunch and let you know how it goes down...
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Rich Kuhns			rjk@grauel.com
PO Box 6249
100 Sawmill Road
Lafayette, IN  47903
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