Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:59:30 -0500 From: Mathew Kanner <mat@cs.mcgill.ca> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ata + vinum problems Message-ID: <20000315095930.A7309@cs.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: Soren Schmidt's message [Re: ata %2B vinum problems] as of Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 09:29:41AM %2B0100 References: <20000314182259.I17156@cs.mcgill.ca> <200003150829.JAA22516@freebsd.dk>
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On Mar 15, Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Mathew Kanner wrote: > > disks on Promise controllers. I believe that the problems lies with > > multiple cards on the same interupt but what do I know -- execpt that > > the problem goes away when I disable most devices in the BIOS. > > The motherboard is a abit BE6-II, I've enabled most BIOS > > periphs such as serial ports, printer ports, usb, vga ints but not APM. > > Hmm, I've seen references on the net to the BE6 having trouble with > ATA PCI controllers in one of the slots if the internal controller > is enabled, I dont know which slot that is unfortunately, so moving > things around is my best guess. I did get hit by that, in this case it's the 5th pci slot. When there a controller in there, the system just locks completly. > Btw are you running the latest 4.0 or -current code ? there was > a time when we had problems with the HPT and Promise controllers ? The kernel in question was cvsup'ed right at the change. I'm going to try 4.0 today. --Mat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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