Subject: Re: Powertec card stops boot
To: None <port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Carl Hetherington <carl@cth103.freeserve.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 12/27/1999 14:52:26
In message <19991227093909.A1178@nord-com.net>
          Jan-Uwe Finck <ju.finck@nord-com.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 01:57:07AM +0000, Carl Hetherington wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > My apologies if this is a FAQ; I am a brand-new user of NetBSD/arm32 and
> > I haven't found any clues to my problem yet...
> 
> No, I don't think it is.

That's ok then.

>  
> > It all boots up fine and works when my Powertec SCSI-3 card is physically
> > removed from the machine, but when its installed NetBSD fails to boot. 
> > The kernel goes through printing its messages about what hardware is
> > installed, prints a line about SCSI and then hangs.  There is a single
> > hard disc connected to the SCSI card.
> > 
> > I don't need to actually access the SCSI drive under NetBSD, I'd just
> > like to be able to boot it without removing the card.  Any suggestions?
> 
> I don't think this is your fault.
> 
> We seem to have several problems with SCSI.
> The Cumana SCSI II controller makes the machine crash when accessed,
> and the Connect32 didn't work properly as far as I can remember.
> 
> Maybe someone with a bigger programming skill than mine can have a
> look at this ?

Perhaps we just need a kernel option to stop the kernel scanning any SCSI
system.  If I have the will I'll try playing around with some kernel
compilations and then maybe there's a possible hack...

Unless anyone else has already been there ;-)
Thanks for your help.

Carl