Re: Freebsd Stable documentation
vizion wrote: Thiis was originally Upgrading 5.3 > 6.0 buildworld failure now in libmagic And on Mike Shultz recommendation I have relabeled the topic (mass snippage) I have not tried to upgrade directly from 5.3 -> 6.0 (however, I did do 5.4 -> early 6-current a few months ago, so this is topic of interest for me). I guess I would recommend doing this: 1) Work out how to successfully perform the upgrade (using help from this list). 2) Note what changes are needed to the upgrading section of the Handbook, patch the src SGML, and submit said patch to freebsd-doc. I should add that I have not actually tried this plan myself - however I have been involved in a similar sort of thing with Postgresql - their docs list guys were very receptive to some patches I submitted. I suspect the Freebsd folks would be too. Cheers Mark ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Toshiba 8100 Fix (was Re: 5.4-STABLE changes breaks IDE boot (was Re: 5.3 -> 5.4 breaks ATA (Intel ICH2))
I have a Toshiba 8100 notebook which runs 5.4-STABLE. Kernels compiled after some time in September 2005 fail to boot; the machine locks up right after the ata controller is called in the boot messages. I have traced the problem to a change to /usr/src/sys/dev/pci.c, (see below from my cvsup log). I found the problem by cvsup'ing /usr/src for dates starting with my last working kernel and once I had the date of problem code tied down to a couple of days adding in each update to see if it caused the failure to boot. I then added the fix to the latest 5.4 sources to make sure that the fix still worked. The problem (really the Toshiba 8100 BIOS problem) was triggered by: Edit src/sys/dev/pci/pci.c Add delta 1.264.2.12 2005.09.05.18.09.20 imp which changes line 835 of pci.c from if (base == 0) to if (base == 0 || map == testval) The sysctl parameter "hw.pci.enable_io_modes" is supposed to allow PCs with "lazy" BIOSes to boot, but in the case of the 8100 setting hw.pci.enable_io_modes: 0 doesn't allow the system to boot. This is obviously a problem with the Toshiba BIOS, which I know from other times has other problems; I am putting this here in case someone else has the same problem and wants to boot FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE with a kernel revision after 9/5/2005. Mike Squires ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
puc fails to attach serial ports
Hi, I'm trying to use puc(4) under RELENG_6 to attach the two serial ports on a PCI card I have, but it's not working. It also fails under 6.0-RELEASE, I don't have the ability to test earlier versions. The card is developed, but as far as I can see, no attempt is made to attach the sio(4) devices below it. puc0: port 0x18c0-0x18df irq 25 at device 9.0 on pci0 puc0: Reserved 0x20 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x18c0 port rid 16 bst 0, start 18c0, end 18df puc0: i 0, type sio, ressz 8, type 1 puc: Using sio2 puc: type 1, bar 10, offset 0 puc0: i 1, type sio, ressz 8, type 1 puc: Using sio3 puc: type 1, bar 10, offset 8 Adding some printfs to the code, it turns out that device_probe_and_attach around line 375 of sys/dev/puc/puc.c is returning 6. I have also added printfs to the probe and attach code of both the pci and puc attachments of sio(4), and have determined that none of them get called. How can I further diagnose why this card is not getting recognised? Thanks, Gavin -- "Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment destroyed." -- Carolyn Scheppner - Gavin Atkinson - General layabout - University Radio York - ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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