ok, have kernel, can test.

John Baldwin jhb at FreeBSD.org
Tue Aug 31 12:36:27 PDT 2004


On Tuesday 31 August 2004 01:35 pm, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 06:32:03PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote..
>
> > Ok, my 1000 is now able to compile a -current kernel and test-boot it
> > while running the 5.0-RC1 kernel.good I saved.
> >
> > First hurdle is confirmed: hw.eisa_slots must be set to something,
> > 5 works fine.
> >
> > I'm compiling a kernel without fxp now to see if that is the cause of
> > the PCI problem.
>
> It is interesting to note the other thread on -alpha about a Miata
> doing:
>
> isp0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0x8100-0x817f mem
> 0x81031000-0x8103107f irq 12 at device 8.0 on pci1
> miibus1: <MII bus> on xl0
> xlphy0: <3c905C 10/100 internal PHY> on miibus1
> xlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> xl0: Ethernet address: 00:01:02:1a:20:1c
> xl0: interrupting at CIA irq 12
> xl0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>
> <hang>
>
> Miata -> completely different core chipset. And this is a different NIC as
> well.

Sounds like a possible interrupt storm to me, but that stuff hasn't changed 
recently on Alpha.

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