Subject: Re: sun4/110 and panic on install
To: None <abs@netbsd.org>
From: Brad Spencer <brad@anduin.eldar.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/20/2000 08:57:25
I noticed pk has been making some changes to the sun4 related
code recently - I wonder if anyone has tried current on a 4/110?
David/absolute
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Brad Spencer wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:55:05PM -0400, Brad Spencer wrote:
> >
> > Yup, I saw that on my 4/110 also, back some time ago. There isn't any
> > known solution, as far as I know. Although, I am trying the latest
> > snapshot kernel to see if it boots.
> >
>
> As far as I can tell, the "scsi weird" driver worked ok in 1.3.3, but broke
> somewhere around 1.4.
>
> -Mark
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> Yes, back in the 1.3 days [and before], the sw driver appeared to work
> fine. However, there was a reorganization of the si and sw stuff along
> with libprom and things really have not been quite the same since.
I have been trying the kernels from the snapshots on my 4/110 with little
real success. The latest problems seem to be related to some hang right
before the devices are probed on the sw buss, although if I remove all
scsi devices, it still hangs. I never get to a shell prompt of any sort.
It will be a couple of weeks before I can try anything further in this
realm. I'v been emailing pk for a while on this entire issue.
Brad Spencer - brad@anduin.eldar.org
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