Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:14:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with ASR card/5.4 Message-ID: <20050520131345.P8229@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20050519022029.GB16642@tigerfish2.my.domain> References: <200505162358.j4GNwFjg033775@sullivan.realtime.net> <20050519022029.GB16642@tigerfish2.my.domain>
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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. > Having one but not the other causes problems, as I discovered. > > Bruce > > > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 04:03:56PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > On Mon, 16 May 2005, Bruce Burden wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I am trying to get my Adaptec 3210S RAID running under 5.4, > > > and all I get for my trouble is pmap_ errors. Sorry, no dumps at > > > the moment. > > > > > > If I compile "device asr" into the kernel, I get a message > > > about "could not copy LDT", and a panic about "pmap_enter: > > > invalid page directory" when the system moves from single to multi > > > user. (single user is no problem?) > > > > > > If I do not compile the asr driver, and "kldload asr" instead, > > > I get a panic from pmap_mapdev, instead. > > > > > > Any ideas? This is annoying, and I am seriously considering > > > returning to 4.11, where asr was working... > > > > This sounds like your system has severe memory corruption issues. I'd try > > a different PCI slot for your asr card first, then try the card in another > > known working system and see if your problems appear there. > > > > Have you tested the system without the asr card installed? > > > > -- > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org > > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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