Subject: Re: DECstation 5000/200: asc_get_status errors (was: ONly serial console supported?)
To: <>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/17/1999 13:12:35
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Chris Tribo wrote:

> > 
> > Thanks.  This kernel does support the local console.
> > 
> > Now, I've got a different problem: During installation, the kernel
> message
> > 
> >    asc_get_status: cmd reg 11, fifo cnt 3
> >    rz1: Illegal request
> > 
> > keeps showing up, and the data is not properly written to the disk.
> > I searched the archives for information on this problem, but I
> didn't
> > find a fix -- the patches which were suggested for 1.3.2 should be
> > contained in 1.4, shouldn't they?
> 
>         Hmm, like I said, I'm not running 1.4PX yet so I'm not
> entirely sure.

1.4 had terrible problems of this sort on DECstation 5000/200's.
NetBSD-1.4.1 is _much_ better on this machine.

-Dan