On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 02:05:55PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Nils Berzins wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > Few days ago I downloaded release 6.0 ISOs, in hope that I will finally be > > able to run FreeBSD on my home computer. Unfortunately, booting from CD dies > > with: > > > > > panic: sym: VTOBUS FAILED ! > > > > Is there something I can do to get around this error, or do I just wait for > > more less stable 7.0 :-( > > According to the code this panic occurs when there is a problem with the > DMA memory management. Typically we see this when the driver is not 64-bit > clean, but I'd find that hard to believe with amd64 since the same driver > runs on sparc64 fine (and must since many Sun machines have embedded sym > controllers). > > Unfortunately it doesn't help that the sym driver has its own bizarre DMA > management. It uses busdma but its kinda bolted on over the old > memory-block management. Not going to make it any easier to debug.
sym(4) devices don't work on amd64. I sent one to scottl a while ago, but the release has kept him busy. If someone else want's to take a shot at it, you can get LSI-Logic sym(4) cards for $40 or less if you get a minimal white box OEM card. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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