Subject: Re: MESH problems with 1.5Y snapshot
To: NetBSD-ppc <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Xavier HUMBERT <xavier@xavhome.fr.eu.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/15/2001 19:10:29
In message <B8193F89.5035%ssartor@bellatlantic.net>,
Steven Sartorius wrote:
>I recently installed the new 1.5Y snapshot on my UMAX J700. From time to
>time, when doing anything disk intensive (compiling, untaring pkgsrc) the
>system will lock up solid with the messages:
>'mesh0: timeout state 3'
>'mesh: resetting dma'
>
>
>Has anyone else seen this behavior?
yes, very recently on a 8500/120
I rebuilt the kernel with the new PMAP thing (options NEWPMAP).
FWIW, no problem since then, though it seems to be unrelated.
The mean reason is that mesh is a piece of crap, Apple did a ton of
undocumented patches to make it work.
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