Re: AlphaServer 4100 support?
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:58:51PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
>
> OK, here's what happens. At boot:
>
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> MCPCIA machine check: vector=0x660 pc=0xfffffc0000320064 code=0x2020000
>
> Then it goes back up to the MCPCIA line and loops forever. Presumably
> some of the numbers change, and it does seem like more messages get
> logged at some point, but the above messages are pretty typical.
>
> Any ideas? It's obviously some kind of confusion on the PCI bus, but
> what might be causing it?
As you say, it's obviously having some problems in the PCI probe/setup
code.
There was a problem on 4100 when PCI cards with builtin bridges were
installed, a not uncommon occurrence on 4100 as the KZPCM option was
often present - a bridged card with dual SCSI controllers plus NIC
behind the bridge. A "show config" under SRM ought to give you the
information needed to identify such a situation.
I suspect the best solution is a more recent kernel; I believe 2.4.18 or
later may solve the problem.
Good luck.
--Jay++
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