Problem: fpa(4) on sparc64 6.1-RELEASE

[Rink Springer]

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 08:31:56AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 12:47:54PM -0500, Jim Bryant wrote..
> > I am getting a panic with a GENERIC with all non-available hardware 
> > drivers stripped out with "device fddi" and "device fpa" in the config.  
> > The only things I added to GENERIC after stripping out the unneeded 
> > things was the fddi, the sound, and the openfirmware.  The system boots 
> > fine with the fddi stuff commented out of the config.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?  Is anyone working on this?
> 
> fpa(4) was/is also toast on FreeBSD/alpha.  It used to work once, but since
> a long time it only worked on i386.

fpa(4) is also broken on most i386 systems (it fails to attach). The
Linux driver has no such problems, however.

If anyone is willing to look at this, I have a couple fpa(4) cards
available for donation. Contact me off-list if anyone is interested.

-- 
Rink P.W. Springer                                - http://rink.nu
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 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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