Bug 13802

Summary:	freebsd 3.3 fails to boot with irq problems on DECpc XL 466d2 (pci related)
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	jason <jason>
Component:	i386	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	3.3-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description jason 1999-09-18 13:30:01 UTC

I have a DECpc XL 466d2 i386 box. it has a dx4/100 cpu and 32M of ram.
It's got an Intel "Saturn" chipset which supports 3 PCI and 4 ISA slots.
It's got on board SCSI (ncr), with 2*IDE (disabled in bios).  I'm using
1 * seagate ST3600N, 1 * ST 410800N and 1 * DEC RRD43 scsi devices.
1 * Virge S3 PCI video card

a few install problems to note:

If i boot the system, it occasionally will crash when detecting the
CDROM, with "Not Ready". thud

If i boot the system with a ISA 3COM 3c509 Etherlink III card, i'm unable to initialise
the network (or get any link lights).  I quickly gave up on the ISA card
as i didn't want to muck around with dos/software.

I put in a 3c590 Ethernetlink III PCI card.  The system boots as far as
detecting the card at which point i get something like:

vga0 on irq 255
ep0 on irq0 

the system then hangs.

i tried a 2nd 3c590 card - same problem.

i then tried a 3c595 10/100 PCI card - same problem.

is this a known bug/work around ? i haven't yet tried to muck around with
3com's config files etc, as this would involve booting dos on the machine
which is a pain.

regards,

-jason

How-To-Repeat: i've repeated the above problem 3-4 times to ensure it wasn't a one off
but unless you have similar hardware..

Comment 1 wkb 2000-04-05 23:10:48 UTC

Taking a (very?) long shot: an XL466d2 officially has a 486DX2 CPU, not
a DX4/100.
Any chance you can try a DX2 to see if this makes any difference?

Wilko

Comment 2 jason 2000-04-06 00:13:16 UTC

On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> Taking a (very?) long shot: an XL466d2 officially has a 486DX2 CPU, not
> a DX4/100.
> Any chance you can try a DX2 to see if this makes any difference?
> 

it's been quite a while - from my hazy memory, i've had the
same problem with a dx2 also.

-jason

Comment 3 wkb 2000-04-07 13:07:32 UTC

On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 09:13:16AM +1000, jason andrade wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> 
> > Taking a (very?) long shot: an XL466d2 officially has a 486DX2 CPU, not
> > a DX4/100.
> > Any chance you can try a DX2 to see if this makes any difference?
> > 
> 
> it's been quite a while - from my hazy memory, i've had the
> same problem with a dx2 also.

Hm, long shot missed by a mile..

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Comment 4 wilko freebsd_committer

2000-04-07 15:12:57 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Bug submitter has reported the problem does no longer occur on 3.4-R 
and requests closure.