Subject: Re: -current does not like non-boot disk
To: Michael R. Zucca <mrz5149@acm.org>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/15/1998 20:12:31
> Does anybody recall the "kernel size" problem? I was getting problems with
> this a long time ago. Perhaps now, the "voodoo zone" has entered the SCSI
> driver code. In that case, it's definitely a pmap problem.

Not necessarily.  It could just be a stray pointer of some description.
This doesn't quite seem like the same problem, but it is similar in that
it's a flaky problem only affecting some people (although this seems to
be more universal than the "kernel size problem").

> Perhaps uvm is excercising the machdep memory code in a way it isn't expecting?

Scott says that he's been over the pmap code with a fine-tooth comb and
verified that it seems to be the same as the other hp300-derived ports.
It's possible that there's still a bug in there, but (as far as I know)
it's not affecting anyone but mac68k.  Similarly, there could be more
machine-independent bug that we're tripping on that no one else is, for
whatever reason.

-allen

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