6.0-RC1 on Promise SX4060 (SETFEATURES FAILURE, READ timed out)

[Mark Kirkwood]

Xin LI wrote:
> On 11/3/05, Mark Kirkwood <markir at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> 
>>Hi, I am trying to install 6.0-RC1 on a system with a Promise SX4060
>>(PDC20621) + 4 Maxtor ATA-133 drives (6E040L0). The mobo is a Tyan
>>Thunder LE (S2510).
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>These drives seem ok (work with a TX2000 and a 2Ware 7506).
>>
>>In order to eliminate the drives, I have tried a seagate ST340014A as
>>well - same result.
>>
>>Any suggestions about how to proceed (I would like to get this going)
> 
> 
> Would you please consider trying "safe mode", if you did not tried? 
> If possible, please also consider give 5.4-RELEASE a try to see if
> this is a regression.
> 
> Cheers,

Tried Safe mode with 6.0-RC1 (no boot menu so had to read beastie.4th to 
figure out how to do that):

(loader)
set hint.acpi.0.disabled = 1
set loader.acpi_disabled_by_user = 1
set hint.apic.0.disabled = 1
set hw.ata.ata_dma = 0
set hw.ata.atapi_dma = 0
set hw.ata.wc = 0
#set hw.eisa_slots = 0 (forgot to type this one... I'll try again with 
it in)

and get exactly the same errors.

Also tried 5.4-RELEASE CD booted in safe mode:

acd0: CDRW <CREATIVE CD-RW RW8439E/1R09> at ata1-master PIO4
ad4: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out
ad4: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY timed out

Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
fault virtual address = 0x8
fault code            = supervisor write, page not present
instruction pointer   = 0x8:0xc05db50d
stack pointer         = 0x10:0xe6befc94
frame pointer         = 0x10:0xe6befc9c
code segment          = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b
                       = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1
processor eflags      = intrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0
current process       = 5 (thread taskq)
trap number           = 12
panic: page fault


Cheers

Mark