Re: kern/40561: Fixed in 4.99.72 arised in NetBSD 5 RC1 --- AHCISATA does not support WD2500 SATA disk

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 01:03:47AM +0200, Cem Kayali wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I couldn't reproduce the issue using installed NetBSD-RC1, but 
> re-produced using NetBSD5-RC installation CD. Maybe installation CD was 
> in CDROM and it booted from CD instead of disk. So, i update the problem 
> such that problem is within NetBSD5-RC1 installation CD - not installed 
> NetBSD5-RC1 one.
> 
> 
> To make sure i compared installation CDs of 4.99.72 and NetBSD5-RC1.
> 
> NetBSD5-RC1 installation CD: It does not freeze but i never see 
> installation screen occasionally, ratio about 1/3 boot - tried about 10 
> times
> NetBSD 4.99.72 installation CD: It always succesfully boots - tried 
> about 10 times
> 
> Here are photos taken:
> 
> 1- http://www.eticaret.com.tr/netbsd/1.jpg
> 2- http://www.eticaret.com.tr/netbsd/2.jpg

The fact that both piixide and ahcisata have interrupt issues makes
me think interrupts are not working properly on this setup. I guess
it's more general than just ahcisata.

> 
> PS: Does not installation CD install same/similar kernel?

Both should use GENERIC, I think. Can you confirm the kernel booted from
your CD is GENERIC ? Did you use boot option to disable acpi or SMP in
some of your tries ?

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