At 1:38 PM -0700 2000/9/21, Mike Smith wrote:
> Ok. I've just made all that (hopefully) unnecessary by MFC'ing the code
> from -current, which has a fix for a dangerous race in the driver kit.
I think I just found that race condition. I was trying a "make
update" in /usr/src, when the system panic'ed and crashed.
Unfortunately, it died badly enough that I don't think it was able to
save the dump.
So, I've just rebooted the machine, moved the DPT-enabled kernel
off to the side, re-named the old kernel back into place, and now I'm
going to pull the side off the machine so that I can remove the SCSI
connector for the internal drive from the DPT card and plug it back
into the on-board AIC-7890, so that I can then do a succesful "make
update", etc..., before reversing the whole process all over again.
Sigh.... Oh, well -- I guess that's the price I pay for playing
with beta drivers. ;-)
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