Mihai CHELARU wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a Compaq SMART-2SL (configured in RAID 0) and works excellent in 
> 2.0. Don't have a SA-3200, sorry, but I saw that there is no reply so 
> maybe this can help you point the exact problem. Oh, btw, I saw it's a 
> multi-proc. machine. Have you set OS to Solaris in Compaq BIOS 
> utility ?

   It is a multi-proc machine, and I set it to a variety of
things (while running BSD/OS) before getting it to work
MP.  I don't recall what it's set to now, but the MP-ness
of it works in NetBSD.  Are there multiple settings that
cause the processors to all be seen and work, yet cause
other problems?  I will check to see how it's set currently
this evening.

                        - Chris

> On Tuesday 08 June 2004 22:37, Chris Ross wrote:
> 
>>   Hello there.  I have a Compaq 1850R, with a Smart Array 3200
>>controller in it (controlling 4 disks, two RAID1 arrays).  I
>>have tried installing NetBSD 1.6.2, and multiple 2.0 snapshots,
>>and when I try to install all of the source, they will all
>>fail with an NMI (so noted by 1.6.2) or unannounced failure
>>(cause not noted by pre-2.0 kernels).  In all cases, it will
>>drop into the kernel debugger "db> prompt", but a trace
>>is not useful because the symbol names are not present, assumedly
>>because I loaded off of a floppy.
>>
>>   (FYI: I've run BSD/OS 5.1 and FreeBSD-current on this same
>>hardware without seeing this sort of problem at all, so I'm
>>assuming for now it's not a hardware problem...)
>>
>>   I tried to load the 2.0E snapshot (20040517) from ftp.netbsd.org,
>>and only if I trim out unneccesary packages at install would it
>>complete.  However, now, when the system is running, it will
>>periodically receive an NMI and drop into the kernel debugger.
>>It appears to be in the mpidle() function (or something like that,
>>been a week since I looked at it), but I assume that isn't
>>where the problem actually is, since I don't think I was running
>>an MP kernel from the boot-floppies.
>>
>>   I've been doing a lot of disk I/O, of course, so I'm wondering
>>if maybe it's a problem with the cac (or pcicac) driver.  Is
>>there anyone else who has a system with a Smart 3200 controller
>>in it running netbsd pre-2.0?
>>
>>   Any advice on how I could help you guys track down and fix
>>this problem would be much appreciated.  Thank you.
>>
>>                              - Chris