Re: ZIP-drive problems with 1.3.1 and 1.3.2.

[Ruben van Staveren <ruben%luna.net@localhost>]

Hi Milek!

On Mon, Jun 16, 1997 at 05:11:52PM +0100, Miloslaw Smyk wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> When I try booting my machine with either 1.3.1 or 1.3.2 GENERIC kernel, it
> proceeds to probing SCSI devices, and as soon as it starts talking to my
> external ZIP-drive, I get:
> 
> cbiisc0 at line 1215: unexpected MESSAGE OUT phase
> panic: kvtop: zero page frame
> 

You need -current ncr53c9x.c, ncr53c9xreg.h and ncr53c9xvar.h

If they are not suitable for 1.3.x usage anymore, I can mail them to you.

> As soon as I disconnect ZIP-drive, everything goes back to normal. With 1.3
> GENERIC the problem disappears, too.
> 

Between 1.3 and 1.3.1 a change in the ncr driver to solve a bug under te sparc
port had crippled it for FAS216 use I believe.

> My config: A4000, 96MB RAM, CyberStorm MkII-60/50, CyberSCSI-II, MFC-III,
> DelfinaLite, Ariadne, CV64/4MB
> 
> On the SCSI chain: Fireball 3.2GB (2), Toshiba XM5701-B (3), ZIP-drive ext.
> (5).
> 
> Regards,
> Milek

FYI, this was filed under PR #5180.

Regards,
        Ruben

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