Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site vax135.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!vax135!gc From: gc@vax135.UUCP (Eugene Cristofor) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: 4.2 disk driver bug (and fix!) Message-ID: <976@vax135.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 15:44:16 EST Article-I.D.: vax135.976 Posted: Fri Mar 8 15:44:16 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 03:42:14 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 11 There is a bug in the 4.2 disk driver: bad sector forwarding does not work for EAGLEs with System Industries controller. Problem is that the SI controller clobbers the MBA registers - one must use the drive registers `hpdc' and `hpda' to find where the BSE error has occurred. A fix is available - all changes are in vaxmba/hp.c gene cristofor vax135!gc