On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Long, Scott wrote: > This problem and the general 'console freeze' problem, and possibly > even the 'floppy doesn't work anymore' problem should be fixed. The > problem was with the ahc and ahd drivers corrupting the callout list > used to trigger timeouts in the kernel.
Pardon me for taking this long to answer, but the surest method of proving the fix was a sufficient torture test. It's quite finished now, and this is indeed a fix. I'm curious how you got to looking into the ahc driver for an ostensible syscons bug ... just perusing commit logs? > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Holm Tiffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:27 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: console problem > > > > > > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > > I've been on vacation for the last week, so I haven't been watching > > > -current like a good boy should, but I've suddenly been > > seeing a serious > > > problem, and it *might* not have been reported, and seeing > > as code freeze > > > is almost here, it's worth risking a bit of embarrassment, I guess. > > > > > > Anyhow, it's the console, it's been locking up. I just > > retried it with a > > > kernel cvsupped not 2 hours ago, and it's still here. All > > the vty's lock > > > up, and once even froze the PC speaker (beeping annoyingly at me). > > > > > > > I see the "hanging Speaker" problem on an Asus A7V with an > > Athlon 2000+ > > and 256 Megs of RAM, so it seems not SMP related, nor Tyan related. > > > > Holm > > -- > > FreibergNet Systemhaus GbR Holm Tiffe * Administration, > > Development > > Systemhaus für Daten- und Netzwerktechnik phone +49 > > 3731 781279 > > Unternehmensgruppe Liebscher & Partner fax +49 > > 3731 781377 > > D-09599 Freiberg * Am St. Niclas Schacht 13 > > http://www.freibergnet.de > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
