> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Archie Cobbs
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >Brian Somers writes:
> >> Also (Mark sits beside me at work), is there anyone else out there
> >> that actually runs FreeBSD-current under VMWare (irrespective of the
> >> host OS) ?
>
> This problem has now been traced down to a bug in the lnc driver, where
> multiple instances are installed.
>
> This surfaced as a result of changes made on 16th May.
Specifically, the lnc driver declares NLNC softcs. Mark has an isa
style ``device lnc0'' in his config and then uses vmware with two
configured devices.
config <kernel> produces lnc.h which contains ``#define NLNC 1'' and
if_lnc_pci.c dives in and starts writing to the second softc.
I'll look at fixing this at some point if you don't have time Paul :-I
This may have broken because Paul changed the softc decl from static
to just global (so that the other if_lnc*.c modules can get at it)....
either that or Mark has been ``just lucky'' so far and the lnc driver
has never worked properly with more than one device. This would neatly
explain why he's seen funny errors in the past - one of them was a
message to you Garrett saying that your npx.c modification to do no
more than output a boot-time diagnostic seemed to screw up his
kernel !!!
> --
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