On Wed, 18 May 2005, Bruce Burden wrote: > > > > Hi Doug, > > well, pulling cards demonstrated where the problem lie, but it > was not a hardware problem. By chance, I happened upon the "options > ASR_COMPAT" directive, and that solved my problem. However, the > GENERIC kernel configuration for i386 does NOT have this option, but > it does have the "asr" driver configured.
ASR_COMPAT controls some sizes of fields for use with the control ioctl. I don't think this would case problems on boot unless you are running an old control program at boot time, or whenever the panic occurs. > Having one but not the other causes problems, as I discovered. > > Bruce > > > On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 04:03:56PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > On Mon, 16 May 2005, Bruce Burden wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I am trying to get my Adaptec 3210S RAID running under 5.4, > > > and all I get for my trouble is pmap_ errors. Sorry, no dumps at > > > the moment. > > > > > > If I compile "device asr" into the kernel, I get a message > > > about "could not copy LDT", and a panic about "pmap_enter: > > > invalid page directory" when the system moves from single to multi > > > user. (single user is no problem?) > > > > > > If I do not compile the asr driver, and "kldload asr" instead, > > > I get a panic from pmap_mapdev, instead. > > > > > > Any ideas? This is annoying, and I am seriously considering > > > returning to 4.11, where asr was working... > > > > This sounds like your system has severe memory corruption issues. I'd try > > a different PCI slot for your asr card first, then try the card in another > > known working system and see if your problems appear there. > > > > Have you tested the system without the asr card installed? > > > > -- > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org > > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
