Subject: Re: reboot problem
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Wayne Berke <berke@panix.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/25/1996 15:10:35
Should I take this to mean that the chronic reboot problem on i386s has been
fixed for SCSI-based systems in current?

In message <199601251938.OAA16563@jekyll.piermont.com>, "Perry E. Metzger" writ
es:
> 
> Wayne Berke writes:
> > > I have a similar system, a 486DX/33 with AMI BIOS.  From the 
> > > research that a friend and I have done, the code in reboot() does not res
> et
> > > the IDE hard disk controller properly. (I get a HDD controller failure 
> > > once NetBSD reboots)  After hitting the reset button, everything is back 
> > > to normal again.  
> > 
> > Does this problem exist in FreeBSD?  If not, wouldn't their code be a prime
> > target for import?  I'm sure Jordan wouldn't mind...
> 
> If this is actually the problem, the "right thing" to do is to write a
> shutdownhook for the IDE controller that resets it. It should be
> pretty simple to do.
> 
> Someone should file a PR on the whole thing before it is forgotten.
> 
> Perry
>