#GVP Software bugs
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I've come across a couple of bugs in GVP software.
1) attempts to:
copy <ascii_file> TO GVPPAR0:
generate an error message, "object not found"
2) attempts to:
copy <ascii_file> TO GVPSER0:
generate an error message, "object not found"
3) the gvpscsi.device that is with the 4.12 and 4.13 ROMS seems prone
to lock-up if you have multiple processes trying to access the same
disk (not necessarily the same partition). This appears anly whent
the system is running 3 or 4 process that each transfer large blocks
of data to/from the disk. Usually it happens when an attempt is made
to open another application from workbench off a ToolManager dock
where the application resides on the disk being written to by the
other process(es). The lock-up manifests as a Hard drive light that
stays on, and the keyboard, mouse and remote access via ParNET are
all locked out. The screen also does not update.
This happens on one system with GVP Combo '030 33 Mhz, 16 MB ram,
quantum 525LPS and Video Toaster 4000 board, parNET running and
connected to the Amiga parallel port.
It also happens on a system with a G-Force 040 with 16 MB ram, Quantum
105 LPS, Maxtor 1017 (1 gig), Fujitsu 2511 MO, all internal, a
Toshiba 3401B CD-ROM and MaynStream 2.0 GIG dat externally connected
to the '040 board. The ParNET is connected to the first of 2
parallel ports from a MFC II board. The serial port of the '040 is
used for the modem. It's parallal port is set to replace the base
AMiga parallel port and serves the printer. The base Amiga parallel
port is taken up by an AmiLink dongle. Also in the box is AMiLink
card, studio16, Y/C Plus, Toaster 3.1, FFV (version 2) and DKB
megachip.
Note the lock-up is relatively rare, except that I got it 3 times
today on one machine and twice on the other where I hadn't seen it
before today since I upgraded from ADos 1.3 and GVP 4.4 ROM.
Wayne,
You never mentioned what version of the GVPIO device driver is in your
SYS:Expansion drawer! This can tell us exactly why you get the "not found"
errors. Sounds like you have the latest version of that driver (1.8) but you
are still trying to access the OLD names, which were gvpser0: and gvppar0:.
Under v1.8, the names are GP0: and GS0:
In regard to the SCSI error, nothing like that has ever been reported
before, and we in Tech have never encountered it ourselves, and we have run
systems that have multiple programs accessing the drive simultaneously. This
could be due to a problem in cabling or termination. Specifically regarding
the older Combo 33MHz 030 card, I suggest that you install the previous ROM
version (3.12 to 4.0) instead of the ROM that is currently installed.
Hmmm, I think I have a 4.4 and I used to have an Omni 3.5, but I don't
recall seeing it when I straightened out my "parts bin" last week. With
the older revs wasn't there something about the HD's not being able to DMA
to 32 bit mem especially above autoconfig space? Seems like I remember
that was the reason I was advised to upgrade when I did the first time.
On the gvpio, version command shows 1.7. Also when I type "assign" down
at th end of the list where it shows the devices it shows GVPSER0 and
GVPPAR0. Should I be using 1.8 and is that available on your BBS?
As for the SCSI problems, I've seen it only rarely (except that one day
when I got a raft of them) and the disk activity is usually multiple
applications moving big (like megabyte) files around.
wmc – via Autopilot!
Wayne,
Version 1.8 of the I/O Extender software is available over our BBS
(610-337-5815) and I would recommend that you download and try it. Make sure
that you remove ALL of the previous software before installing 1.8.
GVP TECH
This software is also posted in the GVP section of the File Libraries here on
CompuServe.
Steve