Re: port-i386/37982: i486DX system panics while probing for NPX on isa bus

[Jarle Greipsland <jarle%uninett.no@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/37982; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jarle Greipsland <jarle%uninett.no@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, christos%zoulas.com@localhost
Cc: port-i386-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-i386/37982: i486DX system panics while probing for NPX on
 isa bus
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:21:50 +0100 (CET)

 christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) writes:
 >  Try this:
 >  Index: npx.c
 >  ===================================================================
 >  RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/arch/i386/isa/npx.c,v
 >  retrieving revision 1.125
 >  diff -u -u -r1.125 npx.c
 >  --- npx.c   20 Jan 2008 21:49:57 -0000      1.125
 >  +++ npx.c   8 Feb 2008 17:44:14 -0000
 >  @@ -273,7 +273,6 @@
 >   
 >      irqmask = i8259_setmask(irqmask);
 >   
 >  -   idt_vec_reserve(NRSVIDT + irq);
 >      idt[NRSVIDT + irq] = save_idt_npxintr;
 >   
 >      idt[16] = save_idt_npxtrap;
 
 That seems to have fixed the problem.  At least the system boots
 ok now.  I don't know whether it will influence the behavior of
 any floating point operations, but it's not as if this system is
 doing significant scientific work anyway.
 
                                        -jarle