Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.5.2 crashes sporadically
To: None <muc-lists-netbsd-help@moderators.muc.de>
From: Andreas Voegele <voegelas@users.sourceforge.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/02/2002 19:36:42
Manuel Bouyer writes:

> On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:10:12PM +0200, Andreas Voegele wrote:
> > I've installed NetBSD 1.5.2 on my laptop and on my normal PC.  On
> > the laptop, NetBSD runs very well but the other computer crashes
> > sporadically. [...] There are four PCI cards: a Tekram 390U SCSI
> > controller (Symbios Logic 53c875), [...]
> 
> There may be problems with the 53c875. Update siop.c to 1.21.2.8 (you may
> get it from anoncvs, or from ftp:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-1-5/src/sys/dev/ic/siop.c

Is the updated version of siop.c in the kernel that comes with NetBSD
1.6 BETA1?  I tried to use this kernel but the system still crashed
sometimes.

I replaced the Tekram controller with a spare Adaptec controller and
now everything seems to work fine.

Many thanks for your answer.

-- 
Andreas