Same problem, new year 2100A machine check

[Bernd Walter]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 12:57:41PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 12:51:12PM +0100, Bernd Walter wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 05:06:14PM -0700, Tom Ponsford wrote:
> > > I decided to replace a disk on the ol' 2100A. I had been running VMS on it 
> > > without any troubles, until a disk started giving me errors. After 
> > > replacing the disk, I decided to give 5.2 a go, thinking maybe some of the 
> > > problems of last year may have been resolved.
> > > 
> > > No such luck.
> 
> ...
> 
> > > unexpected machine check:
> > > 
> > >     mces    = 0x1
> > >     vector  = 0x670
> > >     param   = 0xfffffc0000006000
> > >     pc      = 0xfffffc00003b48d4
> > >     ra      = 0xfffffc00003b4908
> > >     curproc = 0xfffffc0000810ee0
> > >         pid = 0, comm = swapper
> > > 
> > > panic: machine check
> > > cpuid = 0;
> > > Uptime: 1s
> > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort
> > 
> > Maybe there is something wrong with the EISA configuration on your
> > machine.
> 
> Hmm, could be. But 2100[a] are not really well supported/tested..

It's mostly guessing, because it's probing the bridge and EISA support
is a difference between 4.x, which works acording to the originator.

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