Re: port-alpha/22160 (panic using SCSI TK50 in NetBSD 1.6.1)

["John A. Dundas III" <dundas%caltech.edu@localhost>]

At 4:38 PM +0000 12/2/08, David Holland wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 05:10:05PM +0000, John A. Dundas III wrote:
>  >  I haven't tried recently.  Is there any reason to expect a change in
>  >  behavior with a more recent kernel than the one it was filed under?
>
> There have been a number of changes to physio (and st) since 1.6,
> so... maybe. I think in -current or 5.0 beta it probably at least
> won't crash the system any more just because you get an I/O error from
> the system. (Although on the other hand, beware of PR 38643.)

OK, thanks for letting me know.  I'll look up PR 38643.  If I have 
some time this month, I'll try the current version and see what 
happens.

> I don't have any idea if anything's been done with the vax-specific
> patches, but if you can find them it should be possible to figure out.
>
> The urls in the original report are all stale, I'm afraid.

I'll attempt to update the ticket with anything new I learn.  I'll 
also see if I can find the old URL contents.

Thanks,

John
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