Subject: Re: -current kernel on 486 locks hard in autoconf
To: Rafal Boni <rkboni@concentric.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/19/1997 08:35:11
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997 03:25:49 -0500
Rafal Boni <rkboni@concentric.net> wrote:
> A simple experiment proved that if I move the spl0() that normally
> follows right after the printf() that puts out the ipl masks down a
> few lines, I'll get output from whatever code I now freed from running
> in spl0 and the machine will hard-lock either in the new location of
> spl0 (or afterwards?). Either way, it seems to be related to lowering
> the spl...
>
> Since stuff at this level is pretty incomprehensible to me, I thought
> I'd ask for ideas any of you may have on further chasing this down...
What kind of devices to you have in your system? I believe a PR was
filed recently regarding lowering of ipl and a strange interaction with
the new setroot code... I'll take a look through the database for it
today...
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