From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 20:14:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83BD16A4CE for ; Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9690643D62 for ; Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 404F972DD4; Fri, 20 May 2005 13:14:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B39772DCB; Fri, 20 May 2005 13:14:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:14:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Bruce Burden In-Reply-To: <20050519022029.GB16642@tigerfish2.my.domain> Message-ID: <20050520131345.P8229@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <200505162358.j4GNwFjg033775@sullivan.realtime.net> <20050519022029.GB16642@tigerfish2.my.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with ASR card/5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 20:14:52 -0000 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