Subject: Re: failure with ahc 7880
To: Geoffrey Lee <glee@bluesat.unsw.edu.au>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: current-users
Date: 06/07/2004 23:27:18
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:58:15AM +1000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed NetBSD on a Dell PowerEdge 4200 and installed -current
> to take advantage of the second CPU on board.
> 
> However, I get an error on boot with the aic 7880 card on boot when I
> enable SMP, either with my own kernel config or GENERIC.MP.
> 
> However, in UP mode, it works fine.
> 
> It looks like that it times out while trying to send a WDTR 0
> in SMP mode.
> 
> There is a boot -v dmesg of a working kernel available, if anyone wants it 
> I can mail it out.

More interesting would be the boot message of the failing kernel.
I suspect an interrupt issue.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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