Subject: Re: Problems with -current
To: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/20/1998 12:11:21
On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Is there some reason why I need to "wildcard" the configuration of my
> isa bus?

Not that I'm aware of, but it's isa and so there could be all sorts of
bogons. :-(

> If I try to hardwire it as "isa0 at pcib0..." and attach all of the
> dependant devices (isapnp0, npx0, pc0, pcppi0, com0, fdc0, and wss0) to
> isa0, the resulting kernel panics right after printing out the root
> device info.  If, OTOH, I configure it as "isa* at pcib0..." and attach
> the dependant devices to isa?, the kernel boots just fine.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas?

Not really. What happens if you slowly switch things from "?" to "0"? Can
you pin it down to the one change which kills things?

Take care,

Bill