Re: kern/26825 (mpt driver hangs during 2.0 install)

[Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/26825; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hf%spg.tu-darmstadt.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: tron%NetBSD.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/26825 (mpt driver hangs during 2.0 install)
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 10:37:07 +0100

 At 20:35 Uhr +0000 03.01.2008, tron%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 >Synopsis: mpt driver hangs during 2.0 install
 >
 >Responsible-Changed-From-To: kern-bug-people->tron
 >Responsible-Changed-By: tron%netbsd.org@localhost
 >Responsible-Changed-When: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:35:10 +0000
 >Responsible-Changed-Why:
 >I might have fixed that by committing the patch from PR kern/30531.
 >
 >
 >State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 >State-Changed-By: tron%netbsd.org@localhost
 >State-Changed-When: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:35:10 +0000
 >State-Changed-Why:
 >Can you please test whether this is fixed in revision 1.13 of
 >"sys/dev/pci/mpt_pci.c"?
 
 Thanks for looking into the problem.
 
 Aas noted in the PR, I have been running the machine in question with 
 the patch from kern/30531 since mid-2006. It didn't make a 
 difference, neither for netbsd-3 nor netbsd-4 -- right now, the 
 machine runs a 4rc1 kernel. I can update the installation by untaring 
 the base, non-X11 tarballs and avoiding bursts by mounting without 
 softdep. Anything more data-intensive than that clogs up the 
 controller.
 
 As to thorpej's hint in PR30531, the machine in question has plain 
 PCI 33 MHz slots, no PCIX. In a newer PCIX equipped board, the 
 controller would not work at all in RAID1 mode (the machine in 
 question runs Debian 3.x fine). I may be able to free a machine with 
 a newer PCIX board for tests in a few weeks, though.
 
        hauke
 
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