Subject: Re: F40 netbsd-4 sysinst_com0.fs panics
To: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
From: Cory Bajus <cbajus@mts.net>
List: port-prep
Date: 08/26/2006 11:07:08
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:33:49PM -0700, Tim Rightnour wrote:
> I know generally what is happening here.  I moved where the machines map the
> MPIC, and now that address appears to fall into a space that I cannot address
> without setting up a BAT or somesuch.  I need to put some printfs in and see
> where it ended up and see if that is a problem or not.

Cool.

> Because F40's were the only thing this blew up, and they never worked before, I
> didn't really sweat it as a "regression".

Sorry to have used that word - you're right of course.

> Now.. all that being said..  if I had console access to an F40 for a week or
> so, (not this week, I'm busy for the next 2 or so weeks) I could probably get
> support working.  I just need to sit down and crash the box 40-50 times in a
> row to get a feel for what it wants me to do, and then I should be able to make
> it work.
> 
> It's also not infeasable that I might hang the box a few times in there, so I
> would need an occasional power cycle.  :)

I'll see what I can do about getting remote access to an F40 for you (and
this time I mean it :-) ).

Thanks,
Cory.