Subject: Re: aha + pentium random hangs (1.4.2)
To: None <jate@UWasa.Fi>
From: Eric Delcamp <e.delcamp@wanadoo.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/24/2000 15:12:15
Hi !

Nearly same config here, under -current. No problems at all.
Did you get the right IRQ and DMA (I think there is only one configuration
that work, see your ahaBIOS settings), reserve them in BIOS (to not be used
by PCI autoconfig) ? What version of NetBSD ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jarkko Hermanni Teppo" <jate@UWasa.Fi>
To: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 11:31 AM
Subject: aha + pentium random hangs (1.4.2)


> Hello all!
>
> I have a really weird problem here:
> A pentium 75 (64MB) + Adaptec 1542CF (? short card w/ floppy controller)
> + a couple of 1 GB drives (HP, Seagate).
>
> The machine works fine normally, but when starting something
> memory intensive (eg. something else than bash) like kernel
> compilations + X + something else (and still staying below 64MB) the
> machine just hangs solid. This happens after some disk activity and
> after that the disk active leds are all on and the machine is locked.
> Entering ddb doesn\'t work either, so it\'s always hard reset time.
>
> The bus is terminated correctly, cables are known to be good (I even
> tried changing them, to no avail), memory is known to be good.