Re: install/38752: 4.99.63 corrupts superblock

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/38752; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/38752: 4.99.63 corrupts superblock
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:47:23 +0100

 >  >  More info on this - this disk itself is fine.
 >  >  The issue is with SMP. By chance I installed the non SMP 4.0 kernel and
 >  >  everything worked. So I obtained a -current kernel, /boot and /boot.cfg
 >  > and booted with the -1 option to disable SMP and that works fine also.
 >  >
 >  >  This means that my Intel Core2 Quad fails to SMP on my Abit IP35 Pro
 >  >  motherboard with both NetBSD 4.0 SMP and 4.99.63. The BIOS is current
 >  > as of today, compiled on 20080318. For reference, Gentoo Linux amd64 has
 >  > no trouble running on this platform, all CPUs are active and appear to
 >  > be working fine.
 >  >
 >  >  The symptom with -current in SMP is now a hang after detecting the disk
 >  > on wd0. init is not reached.
 >
 >  What is the very last thing that the kernel prints?
 
 fwohci: BUS reset
 fwohci: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
 ieee1394if0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
 ieee1394if0: bus manager 0 (me)
 
 Thanks
 
 Roy