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>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/40561; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: Cem Kayali <cemkayali%eticaret.com.tr@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/40561: Fixed in 4.99.72 arised in NetBSD 5 RC1 --- AHCISATA 
does not support WD2500 SATA disk
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:30:33 +0100

 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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