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Date:      Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:44:04 +0100
From:      phk@freebsd.org
To:        Nicolas Kowalski <Nicolas.Kowalski@imag.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP hang at boot on Compaq Proliant ML370 
Message-ID:  <15026.1042634644@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:34:50 %2B0100." <vqolm1m8x45.fsf@imag.fr> 

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In message <vqolm1m8x45.fsf@imag.fr>, Nicolas Kowalski writes:
>Fritz Heinrichmeyer <Fritz.Heinrichmeyer@FernUni-Hagen.de> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:09:09AM +0100, Nicolas Kowalski wrote:
>>> The server is configured for Unixware7, as told in the archives.
>>
>> our Compaq worked when configured for linux
>
>Nope :-(. 
>
>I just tried this option, and the server still hangs at the same
>point.

I had a Compaq visit my lab recently.  Unless the aic driver were
removed from the kernel (disabling it might have worked too) it
would screw up the floppy driver.

This sounds like black magic, but the explanation is that the aic
driver has a very intrusive probe routine which sticks random bytes
into whatever I/O locations it feels like and this appearantly is
not liked by certain machines.

Compaqs with all their bells and whistles could be particular
sensitive to this, so try to disable the aic driver and see
if it helps.

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