Subject: Re: CACHE TEST FAILED?
To: David Wetzel <dave@turbocat.de>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
List: current-users
Date: 11/27/1997 11:31:19
On Thu, Nov 27, 1997 at 08:51:50AM +0100, David Wetzel wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have installed the latest 1.3 ALPHA Stuff and this is the result:
> 
> CACHE TEST FAILED: host wrote 1,ncr read -680946789.
> CACHE TEST FAILED: ncr wrote 2, host read -265836520.
> CACHE INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED
> 
> 
> The PC is a 486-DX4-100 with Asus SP3G board. It has a Cogent (DECCHIP)  
> Network card, and an on-bord NCR-SCSI.

A recent change made the ncr driver fail on all 486 PCI systems. I have
backed it out, and it should be reverted on the trunk soon too. So the
next 1.3_ALPHA (or even BETA) snapshot should fix this problem. A new
kernel with this problem fixed might be made available sooner.

- Frank