Subject: Re: 1.3_ALPHA problems..
To: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@bob.scl.ameslab.gov>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 10/28/1997 22:43:19
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:21:27 -0600
Chris Csanady <ccsanady@bob.scl.ameslab.gov> wrote:
> With the new snapshot, there appear to be some allignment traps
> generated by the de driver. These did not exist with the last
> snapshot. However, I can now halt the machine, so its not a bad
> trade. ;)
It would REALLY help if you send the error messages... along with
dmesg output, etc. I have 2 AlphaStations with "de" interfaces in
them, and they use the network a _lot_, and both work fine.
> IDE disks still do not appear to work.
Again, more detailed messages. I think Ross Harvey is using IDE disks on
his eb164s? At least, he sent me a change that made them work for him.
> And last, I am still unable to build a kernel. With sources
> supped today, the generic one will not build. Also, with my
> config file, I get the thousands of lines of errors as usual.
> (my last mail) What am I doing wrong here? I assume that
> this did work if someone actually got the snap to build..
Can you resend these? That is totally bizarre... I mean, I built a kernel
just today...
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