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DateFri, 24 Apr 1998 07:29:02 -0700
FromBill Broadhurst <>
SubjectRe: Linux-2.1.98..
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 08:10:05AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Broadhurst <bbroad@CX492564-a.dt1.sdca.home.com> writes:
> 
> Bill> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:30:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >>  I just released a fairly small patch to 97 to bring it up to 98.
> 
> Bill> Seems to break my BusLogic controller.  Hangs right after the
> Bill> floppy where it would normally start the SCSI messages.  Hard
> Bill> hang.
> 
> I get the same thing here... (ncr810 not buslogic tho)
> 
> I note that eariler in the boot it finds my pci bios ok, and then
> prints out a 
> 
> Couldn't find device xx:yy in BIOS
> ...
> for all my pci devices.
> 
> (not exact message, I was too sleepy to write it down)

I understand.  I'll look at that here.   I don't remember seeing those
messages here.

> 
> then it goes on to the floppy controller and hangs.
> I didn't have a chance to try 2.1.97...2.1.96 worked ok. 

.97 works OK here as far as boot.  It has some weird random hangs
related to SCSI use and heavy load.

-bb

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