Bug 17228
| Summary: | Installation floppies hang up on Compaq Armada V300 laptop | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | root <sam> |
| Component: | i386 | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | 4.0-CURRENT | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 root@infres.enst.fr wrote: > >Synopsis: Installation floppies hang up on Compaq Armada V300 laptop > >Environment: > > Compaq Armada V300 laptop. Here is the relevant dmesg info from Linux. > A 3CCFE575 Megahertz PCMCIA card was plugged in socket 0. > I don't have an answer, but I might have some additional info to help debug the problem: I have an Armada 7400 laptop, which appears to be very similar to your V300 model, running -current just dandy. However, it is worth pointing out that the box is still running -current from 1/14/20. The drives appear to be similar, although not identical. I have not had any problems. I've include the dmesg output in case it helps identify what difference is causing your problem. I'll be updating the -current on that box sometime this week and I'll be sure to report back by success (or lack thereof) if this hasn't been resolved by then. Good luck, Kelly > PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2420-0x2427, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > hda: IBM-DBCA-204860, ATA DISK drive > hdb: CD-224E, ATAPI CDROM drive > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > hda: IBM-DBCA-204860, 4108MB w/420kB Cache, CHS=556/240/63, UDMA ata-pci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA-33 controller> port 0x2020-0x202f at device 7.1 on pc i0 ata-pci0: Busmastering DMA supported ata0 at 0x01f0 irq 14 on ata-pci0 ad0: <IBM-DKLA-24320/KL4UA47A> ATA-4 disk at ata0 as master ad0: 4108MB (8415225 sectors), 8905 cyls, 15 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S ad0: 16 secs/int, 1 depth queue, UDMA33 acd0: <UJDA150/1.02> CDROM drive at ata0 as slave acd0: read 4134KB/s (4134KB/s), 128KB buffer, WDMA2 acd0: Reads: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA acd0: Audio: play, 256 volume levels acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray acd0: Medium: no/blank disc inside, unlocked > >Description: > > I am able to boot with FreeBSD 3.4 boot disks, but I cannot boot the > laptop with -CURRENT kernels. The one found on releng3.freebsd.org and > the generic one built with yesterday's CVS sources will exhibit the > same bug: > > - the one from releng3.freebsd.org (kern.flp) will get stuck when probing > devices (after asking the pccard information), with the HD led staying > on > > - the one I built myself boots up to the point where it says: timeout on > ATAPI devices or something like that (sorry, I had to restore my Windows > tiny partition that I moved away for testing, I could not trash the Linux > one, and I don't have the exact message anymore); it then tries to reset > the device but will also stay stuck with the HD led on > > In both configuration, I tried Pierre Beyssac's advice of removing any > CDRom so that the chances the CDR locks the machine have been decreased. > Also, it happens with and without the pccard. > -- Kelly Yancey - kbyanc@posi.net - Richmond, VA Analyst / E-business Development, Bell Industries http://www.bellind.com/ Maintainer, BSD Driver Database http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/ Coordinator, Team FreeBSD http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ On Mon, 06 Mar 2000 19:50:57 +0100, root@infres.enst.fr wrote: > >Synopsis: Installation floppies hang up on Compaq Armada V300 laptop I believe that the NCR probe locks up on these machines. You could try a custom kern.flp with a ncr-less kernel on it. I believe you can do this by mounting the kernel floppy read-write and replacing the kernel on it with a custom-built kernel. Ciao, Sheldon. The following patch makes it work much better. It forces no-DMA-mode
when not explicitely allowed.
Index: ata-dma.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/dev/ata/ata-dma.c,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -r1.35 ata-dma.c
--- ata-dma.c 2000/03/05 16:52:24 1.35
+++ ata-dma.c 2000/04/05 14:35:02
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
if (!scp->bmaddr)
return;
+#ifndef ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA
+ return;
+#endif
+
/* if simplex controller, only allow DMA on primary channel */
if (scp->unit == 1) {
outb(scp->bmaddr + ATA_BMSTAT_PORT, inb(scp->bmaddr + ATA_BMSTAT_PORT) &
State Changed From-To: open->feedback Does this problem still occur in newer versions of FreeBSD, such as 4.3-RELEASE? State Changed From-To: feedback->closed Originator is no longer able to confirm whether this is still a problem, so I'm closing this PR. If it is still a problem in a newer release of FreeBSD, a new PR should be opened. |
I am able to boot with FreeBSD 3.4 boot disks, but I cannot boot the laptop with -CURRENT kernels. The one found on releng3.freebsd.org and the generic one built with yesterday's CVS sources will exhibit the same bug: - the one from releng3.freebsd.org (kern.flp) will get stuck when probing devices (after asking the pccard information), with the HD led staying on - the one I built myself boots up to the point where it says: timeout on ATAPI devices or something like that (sorry, I had to restore my Windows tiny partition that I moved away for testing, I could not trash the Linux one, and I don't have the exact message anymore); it then tries to reset the device but will also stay stuck with the HD led on In both configuration, I tried Pierre Beyssac's advice of removing any CDRom so that the chances the CDR locks the machine have been decreased. Also, it happens with and without the pccard. How-To-Repeat: Use latest boot disks found on releng3.freebsd.org, dated 2000-02-28.