Subject: Yet another 3100 snapshot kernel
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 05/19/1997 21:19:23
There's yet another snapshot GENERIC kernel in
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/netbsd.3100
This kernel has a fix for some interrupt-related bugs, which I
committed to -current earlier today. This kernel also includes Michael
Hitch's probable but as-yet-uncommitted fix for the 3100 disk-hang.
Together, these changes should significantly improve stability on
3100s. (We can't say for sure that the disk-hang problem is fixed
until everyone who's reported a hang says the problem is fixed, and/or
we get sii debugging logs that pinpoint the problem.)s
I'd encourage anyone who's reported problems with a 3100 -- either
related to disk-hangs on async-capable drives, or not -- to try this
kernel.
(Michael Hitch has already distributed the sii patch in source form to
a few people; the snapshot kernel lets anyone who's had problems with
a 3100 try out the fix. If you already have the sii source patch, you
should apply it to kernel source supped tomorrow to get the other changes.)