Hi Ignatios,

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> > this time, the Shark That Happend To Have The Terminal Line not only crashed,
> > but also told what it was trying to do at that time:
> > 
> > cs0: cs_process_rx_dma: 
> > 	DMA buffer out of sync about to reset
> 
> Update:
> 
> So, I deleted the dma property (in the nvramrc script), bootet, got the 
> machine to use the "memory" mode of receiving data (that is, the dma
> code should not be touched at all), and am still seeing the mysterious hangs.
> 
> And ere you ask: I tried
> - an 1.4.1 kernel, self-built
> - an 1.4.1 kernel with no pseudo-device rnd
> - the 1.4J snapshot kernel 10 minutes ago, same problem,
> - running half the machines in the climatized (and cold!) server room
>   combined with the above

Well, what version does run properly? Does 1.3.1 or 1.3.2 run? Or the 1.4
distribution kernel? That may give a clue since then you know what's
changed and can cause the fatal error. Also try to disable `cs0'; as far
as I can see try to use `ofnet' instead....(I don't have a Shark...).

Sucess,

Reinoud