Re: kern/56699: Cabletron EA419 SCSI to Ethernet adapter can't successfully download files during installation

[David Ross <randomdross00%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi Julian,

My testing was conducted on a 9.2 system.  So I think it would have
these changes (?) but if not let me know and I can try a different
build.

Dave

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:30 AM Julian Coleman <jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost> wrote:
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> From: Julian Coleman <jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost>
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> Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
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> Subject: Re: kern/56699: Cabletron EA419 SCSI to Ethernet adapter can't
>  successfully download files during installation
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:55:46 +0100
>
>  Hi David,
>
>  > I acquired a Cabletron EA419 SCSI to Ethernet adapter and was able to get it to connect to the network during netbsd installation on my Atari TT030.  I can ping 1.1.1.1 and at least connect to servers via FTP.  However when I attempt to actually pull down sets during an install, either via HTTP or FTP, it's unsuccessful.  Sysinst hangs, though it's not a full kernel panic.
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>  > Observe the system hangs when sets start to download.
>  > This occurs on my Atari TT030 system, and I suspect it will also be the case on other systems where the EA419 is used.
>
>  I have one of these adapters and I made some changes in 2020 that make it
>  work again for me (I was testing on a single CPU sparc32 system).  See:
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>    http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/scsipi/if_se.c?only_with_tag=MAIN
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>  revisions 1.105, 1.106, 1.107, 1.111.  However, I didn't test these changes
>  with a netbsd-9.x system.
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>  Would you be able to try a current kernel/installation?
>
>  Regards,
>
>  Julian
>