Subject: Re: SMD changes from 1.1 to 1.2_BETA?
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Chuck Cranor <chuck@dworkin.wustl.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/15/1996 22:10:46
> I have a 4/380 system running from a SMD drive (a CDC
>9720-850) that I recently installed NetBSD 1.1 on.
>last week's kernel, but soon after getting a login prompt and actually
>using the machine, disk operations wedge the machine and control is
>restored only when the watchdog timeout for the drive goes off.
> Did xd code change greatly since 1.1? I can re-generate the
>offending kernel if people know more interesting tests to perform.
hi-
i think i've fixed this, and jtc just pulled the fix up into 1.2.
let me know if there are any problems.
chuck
chuck
Mon Aug 12 16:19:31 EDT 1996
Update of /a/cvsroot/src/sys/arch/sparc/dev
In directory pain.lcs.mit.edu:/a/tmp/cvs-serv26000
Modified Files:
xd.c
Log Message:
repair XDC_HWAIT macro to handle the fact that waithead is now
unsigned. should fix xdc watchdog timeouts noted in port-sparc
by nathanw@mit.edu.