Subject: Re: esp Disconnect Problems
To: Curt Sampson <curt@portal.ca>
From: James Graham <greywolf@siva.captech.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/14/1996 15:04:28
Curt Sampson sez:
# 
# I've just upgraded my venerable Sparcstation 1 to NetBSD 1.2, from
# a moderately recent 1.2_BETA:
# 
#     NetBSD 1.2_BETA (DIDACTIC) #3: Tue Sep 10 11:43:26 PDT 1996
# 
# I was using my Jaz drive on SCSI ID 4. I was getting an error message
# on startup that still seems to be appearing. It looks like this:

[disklabel problem deleted]

#
# However, between the beta kernel dated above (which may have been
# from slightly earlier sources) and the 1.2 release, I think something
# changed in the esp disconnect code for the worse, because under a 1.2
# kernel my drive now gives messages like this when I access certain parts
# of it after mounting it:

[RESELECT messaged deleted...]

# 
# I moved the drive from ID 4 to ID 3 (which moved it to an ID with
# disconnect disabled) and the problem went away.

Read your latest GENERIC config file and you can tweak your disconnect and
reselect bits.  It's awfully nice that a) they exist and b) they are separate
bits!

# 
# cjs
# 

				--*greywolf;