From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Nov 30 15:59:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA15251 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:59:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from spokane.vmunix.com (mmayo.neon.sentex.ca [207.245.212.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA15243 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:58:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@spokane.vmunix.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by spokane.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id TAA05733; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:00:46 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971130190040.24494@vmunix.com> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:00:40 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. So I'm wondering if anyone could recomend a decent case that works well with this Asus daughter card stuff. A "large mini" that has enough space to hold a few fans, and a few disks comfortably would be nice - or even a "full" size case. I generally store my disks in a SCSI tower, so good drive capacity isn't really necessary, just a nice touch. I need to be able to mail-order the thing, since I'm in Southern Ontario (Canada) and driving to the Bay area to pick it up isn't an option. ;-) TIA for any help, -Mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark -- finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Nov 30 18:55:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA25370 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:55:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA25356 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 18:55:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00475; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 13:20:35 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712010250.NAA00475@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mark Mayo cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:00:40 CDT." <19971130190040.24494@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 13:20:34 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the > P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really > hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out > FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! > > The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was > a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of > (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave > the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. > > So I'm wondering if anyone could recomend a decent case that works > well with this Asus daughter card stuff. What footprint is this board? You might want to consider buying a "real" chassis for it; either a rack case (moderately expensive, but very robust) or a decent server tower. Have a look at supermicro's site for some ideas on what real boxes look like. You should be able to find someone in your area (Ottowa?) that carries their stuff. mike From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Nov 30 19:34:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA28102 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:34:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA28087 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:34:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id WAA02829; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:30:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971130223047.63784@vmunix.com> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:30:47 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Mike Smith Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? References: <19971130190040.24494@vmunix.com> <199712010250.NAA00475@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199712010250.NAA00475@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 01:20:34PM +1030 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 01:20:34PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: > > Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the > > P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really > > hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out > > FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! > > > > The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was > > a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of > > (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave > > the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. > > > > So I'm wondering if anyone could recomend a decent case that works > > well with this Asus daughter card stuff. > > What footprint is this board? You might want to consider buying a > "real" chassis for it; either a rack case (moderately expensive, but > very robust) or a decent server tower. Have a look at supermicro's > site for some ideas on what real boxes look like. You should be able > to find someone in your area (Ottowa?) that carries their stuff. It's a 3/4 AT footprint - but that's not the problem. The daughter card that the CPUs are on plugs into what would normally be the "top" PCI slot, and extends all the way across the board. This mean that pretty much all cases that have the 3.5" hard-drive/floppy cage hanging down over the board are useless since it blocks the daughter card... I'm actually just outside Toronto, which means there's almost certainly someone in Toronto that actually carries real cases - the problem is finding them! I called about 20 PC shops in the phone book, none of which had a decent case. Arghh. I gave up and figured if someone was having success with a company that will ship me one I'd do that. I may look for some toronto newsgroups and post there looking for recomendations. Unfortunately for me, time is a factor... I'm starting to think that a rack may be the way to go, since I have a couple hubs and maybe 1 or two other PCs I wouldn't mind stacking in a corner and freeing up some desk space. I guess this is the first time that I've built a "real" server farm, so I've never had to deal with rack mount chassis, and real PC cases before. :-) It's sort of fun! You certainly get into frustration with the local generic PC clone shops though, who don't know anything about building reliable, redundant PCs.... I was *very* close yesterday to giving up on building a real fileserver out of a PC, and caving in and giving Network Appliance a call. :-) I just opened the SuperMicro page - cool stuff. Looks like they'll have what I'm looking for, I'll call them and find out who in my area carries their goods. Thanks for the tip. cya, -Mark P.S. I just spent the last hour ripping apart a 10 year old SGI "floor wheeling" box - wow. Talk about a different era in computing when the construction of cases was actually an engineers job! I'm planning on stripping it out and figuring out a way to mount 1 or 2 PC motherboards, a couple power supplies, and some HDs in there and turning the old gem into a PC power server in disguise :-) > > mike > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Nov 30 19:42:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA29100 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:42:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA29086 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:42:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA00626; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:07:06 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712010337.OAA00626@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mark Mayo cc: Mike Smith , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:30:47 CDT." <19971130223047.63784@vmunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 14:07:06 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > What footprint is this board? You might want to consider buying a > > "real" chassis for it; either a rack case (moderately expensive, but > > very robust) or a decent server tower. Have a look at supermicro's > > site for some ideas on what real boxes look like. You should be able > > to find someone in your area (Ottowa?) that carries their stuff. > > It's a 3/4 AT footprint - but that's not the problem. The daughter > card that the CPUs are on plugs into what would normally be the > "top" PCI slot, and extends all the way across the board. This isn't a problem at all, once you move outside the domain of "cheap" cases. What's a 3/4 AT footprint? I assume this is larger than the "baby AT" size, so you're looking at a "real" server case. > ...I'm actually just outside Toronto, which means > there's almost certainly someone in Toronto that actually carries > real cases - the problem is finding them! I called about 20 PC shops > in the phone book, none of which had a decent case. Arghh. I gave > up and figured if someone was having success with a company that will > ship me one I'd do that. I may look for some toronto newsgroups and > post there looking for recomendations. Unfortunately for me, time > is a factor... You are attacking this from the wrong end. Find a brand/model that suits you, then pursue their local wholesaler/retailer chain. If the Supermicro boxes suit, they should certainly have a distributor in your corner of the world. > P.S. I just spent the last hour ripping apart a 10 year old SGI > "floor wheeling" box - wow. Talk about a different era in computing > when the construction of cases was actually an engineers job! I'm > planning on stripping it out and figuring out a way to mount 1 or > 2 PC motherboards, a couple power supplies, and some HDs in there > and turning the old gem into a PC power server in disguise :-) If Apollo had used a slightly different pattern of mounting holes in their chassis, I would be using nothing but Apollo cases for my systems; same deal. 8) mike From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Nov 30 20:35:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA02578 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA02566 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:35:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0xcNQf-0003uW-00; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:25:53 -0800 Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:25:20 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: Mike Smith cc: Mark Mayo , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? In-Reply-To: <199712010250.NAA00475@word.smith.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the > > P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really > > hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out > > FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! > > > > The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was > > a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of > > (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave > > the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. > > > > So I'm wondering if anyone could recomend a decent case that works > > well with this Asus daughter card stuff. > > What footprint is this board? You might want to consider buying a These are a standard AT type board, with a largish daughtercard. It is typical these days for cases to obstruct most of the motherboard with drives bays and other junk. > "real" chassis for it; either a rack case (moderately expensive, but I have two of the ASUS P6UP5 boards in rack cases, and I agree with that. I get them from American Media Systems. > very robust) or a decent server tower. Have a look at supermicro's > site for some ideas on what real boxes look like. You should be able > to find someone in your area (Ottowa?) that carries their stuff. I see a lot of good no-name server cases around. I found that Supercom carries a nice server case (6 external 5.25 bays!). Only a $160 CAN. > mike Tom From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Nov 30 23:40:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA15949 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 23:40:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA15943 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 23:40:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA01821; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 08:41:04 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199712010741.IAA01821@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? In-Reply-To: <19971130190040.24494@vmunix.com> from Mark Mayo at "Nov 30, 97 07:00:40 pm" To: mark@vmunix.com (Mark Mayo) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 08:41:04 +0100 (MET) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.dk X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Mark Mayo who wrote: > Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the > P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really > hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out > FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! > > The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was > a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of > (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave > the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. That was one of the reasons I eneded up with a TYAN board instead :) You want to get a tower case of decent makeing, or go with a rack mounted case (expensive). I've always had a funny thing about small computers, so I have my TYAN with dual p6/200-160M-8.6G in a nice little desktop case (no not a minitower), works like a charm, and is quiet enough that it doesn't disturb in the office. When I put it besides some of our big servers they make here at work, and it runs circles around them, I get those eyes from the HW guys :) :) :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end .. From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 1 07:47:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA16071 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 07:47:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from sunny.bog.msu.su (dima@sunny.bog.msu.su [158.250.20.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA16052 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 07:47:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@bog.msu.su) Received: from localhost (dima@localhost) by sunny.bog.msu.su (8.8.6/8.8.0) with SMTP id SAA04575 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:42:08 +0300 (????) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:42:07 +0300 (????) From: Dmitry Khrustalev To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: intel 82558 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is intel EtherExpressPro/100+ ethernet card supported by fxp driver? This card is based on new 82558 chip. -Dima From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 1 11:41:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA07368 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from mercury.Sun.COM (mercury.Sun.COM [192.9.25.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA07348 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from maddox@p-1.Eng.Sun.COM) Received: from Eng.Sun.COM ([129.146.1.25]) by mercury.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id LAA11793; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:09 -0800 Received: from taller.eng.sun.com (taller.Eng.Sun.COM [129.144.174.34]) by Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-5.3) with SMTP id LAA20294; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:06 -0800 Received: from p-1.eng.sun.com by taller.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA18186; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:41:06 -0800 Received: from localhost by p-1.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA18521; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:36:20 -0800 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 11:36:20 -0800 (PST) From: William Maddox X-Sender: maddox@p-1 To: Mark Mayo cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Decent case for an Asus Dual PPro ? In-Reply-To: <19971130190040.24494@vmunix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Mark Mayo wrote: > Hi all. I just picked up one of those Asus Dual PPro boards - the > P6UP5 main board with the C-P6ND daughter card. The thing seems really > hot (pun intended), and I'm looking forward to trying out > FreeBSD-3.0/SMP on it! > > The only problem is that the only case I could find to fit it in was > a super el-cheapo minitower that I could yank the 3.5" cage out of > (to accomodate the long daughter card). This case sucks, and if I leave > the metal enclosure on it gets much too hot for my comfort. Take a look at the California PC Products line. They do heavy-duty solid-steel cases, from a small desktop unit to monster dual-motherboard server chassis. They've also got raid-array cases and rack-mount stuff. You can mail-order direct from the manufacturer. http://www.calpc.com --Bill From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 1 20:13:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA24416 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:13:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from hercules.orion.ab.ca (hercules.orion.ab.ca [207.134.218.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA24410; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:13:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from timp@orion.ab.ca) Received: from tpushor.shl.com (dialup.orion.ab.ca [207.134.218.148]) by hercules.orion.ab.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA00651; Mon, 1 Dec 1997 21:19:41 -0700 (MST) From: "Tim Pushor" To: , Subject: Parallel zip drive & ppb1125 Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:56:04 -0700 Message-ID: <01bcfed6$36223840$94da86cf@tpushor.shl.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, Well, I am extremely happy to say that I got my parallel ZIP drive running good with FreeBSD 2.2.5. It is quite slow but usable. The only unnerving thing are the kernel messages upon bootup: sd2 (vpo0:6:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB Is this normal? Should I be worried? Thanks, Tim From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 2 04:34:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA27322 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 04:34:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from xcf.berkeley.edu (scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA27310 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 04:34:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ali@xcf.berkeley.edu) From: ali@xcf.berkeley.edu Received: (qmail 1962 invoked by uid 8003); 2 Dec 1997 12:21:53 -0000 Date: 2 Dec 1997 12:21:53 -0000 Message-ID: <19971202122153.1961.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ECP support. Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi. Does anyone know of an ECP parallel port driver for FreeBSD? Hopefully something that does DMA. I'm running 2.2.2. Thanks. Ali. From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 3 16:32:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA27246 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 16:32:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA27229 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 16:32:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id TAA04986; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:33:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971203193324.31674@vmunix.com> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:33:24 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Susie Ward Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diamond Fireport References: <3.0.5.32.19971129090926.007bf730@voltage.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19971129090926.007bf730@voltage.net>; from Susie Ward on Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 09:09:26AM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 09:09:26AM -0600, Susie Ward wrote: > [SNIP] > If anyone has had any experience with the Fireport on FreeBSD, good or bad, > I'd like to hear about it. The price on these controllers is quite nice and > if they'll work well I'd like to start using them :) The single channel version works fine - it's just a NCR 53c875 card, which performs admirably under FreeBSD for me (I'm using it to type this message). I also have the single channel in a couple servers that pretty much max out 4 disk CCD arrays - haven't had a problem, and the performance seems on par with the Adaptec 2940. I haven't tried the dual-channel version of the FirePort, so I don't even know if it's supported.. ANyone? -Mark > > TIA, > > Susie Ward > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 3 17:22:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA01578 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:22:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from sentry.isrc.qut.edu.au (qmailr@sentry.isrc.qut.edu.au [131.181.97.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA01560 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:21:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gaskell@fit.qut.edu.au) Received: (qmail 21766 invoked from network); 4 Dec 1997 01:21:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO isrc.qut.edu.au) (gaskell@131.181.6.10) by 131.181.6.1 with SMTP; 4 Dec 1997 01:21:36 -0000 Received: from localhost (gaskell@localhost) by isrc.qut.edu.au (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id LAA22137 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:21:33 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: primrose.isrc.qut.edu.au: gaskell owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 11:21:33 +1000 (EST) From: Gary Gaskell X-Sender: gaskell@primrose.isrc.qut.edu.au To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ATM network cards Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I spent some time browsing around your web pages, but didn't see any thing on this. Any plans for drivers for IBM ATM network cards? 25Mbps and 155Mbps? If not we probably have some people here willing to contribute, but will need lots more info on the cards. We have 155Mbps PCI cards, 25Mbps PCI and ISA cards and a couple of Sbus cards. All connected to an IBM 8260 switch. I actually have a volunteer academic to write the drivers for Linux and I'll volunteer to port his work to freebsd. Cheers, Gary ----------------------------------------------------------- Gary Gaskell Manager Secure Network Laboratory Phone (07) 3864 1190 Information Security Research Centre Fax (07) 3221 2384 Queensland University of Technology ----------------------------------------------------------- From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 4 04:11:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA16068 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 04:11:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (ala-ca34-49.ix.netcom.com [207.93.143.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA16055 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 04:10:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu) Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (8.8.8/8.6.9) id EAA16583; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 04:10:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 04:10:54 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199712041210.EAA16583@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> To: hardware@freebsd.org CC: sales@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Subject: voltage regulator From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does anyone know of a good 3.3V -> 2.9V voltage regulator that I can get in the San Francisco Bay Area or via mail order? I have an old motherboard (Asus P/I-P55T2P4, old revision with only 66MHz external clock and up to 3x multiplier) and a K6-200. It seems runs ok but the CPU is extremely hot, and I'm worried it might melt some day. I tried one voltage regulator I found at a local Fry's (the type that has a thin PCB and a socket interface, both fits between the CPU and the motherboard, as well as a fan with a longer clamp) but it only works in Windows 95. In FreeBSD, it crashes with "general protection fault" as soon as it reaches fsck. Satoshi From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 4 12:10:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA23606 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:10:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from dezcom.mephi.ru (timur@dezcom.mephi.ru [194.67.76.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA23598 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 12:10:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from timur@dezcom.mephi.ru) Received: from localhost (timur@localhost) by dezcom.mephi.ru (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA00173 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:02:37 +0300 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:02:37 +0300 (MSK) From: "Timur M." To: hardware@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please help me anybody !!!!!!!!!! When i'm trying to connect my FreeBSD machine to the other side with slattach i have the problem The problem is : I can't establish connection at baud rate 115200 for a long time. Using {slattach -a -h -l -s 115200;ifconfig sl0 my.addrs other.address}, i can ping the other side with normal packet size, but if i try to ping with biggest packet or try to use any browser, my connection is lost. But i have slattach in the list of processes and my sl0 interface was configured properly.The problem was encountered at the ASUS TX97-E , ASUS TP4N and DTE-KTX430 motherboards.In the other side this configuration works properly at the ASUS TP4XE motherboard.I'm using the FreeBSD 2.2.2 version.Please send me any ideas about this problem. Timur M. From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 4 16:50:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA20655 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:50:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA20638 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:50:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-76.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.76]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id SAA09359; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 18:50:12 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA19728; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 18:26:00 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199712050026.SAA19728@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) cc: hardware@freebsd.org, sales@gndrsh.aac.dev.com From: David Kelly Subject: Re: voltage regulator In-reply-to: Message from asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) of "Thu, 04 Dec 1997 04:10:54 PST." <199712041210.EAA16583@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 18:26:00 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Does anyone know of a good 3.3V -> 2.9V voltage regulator that I can > get in the San Francisco Bay Area or via mail order? I have an old > motherboard (Asus P/I-P55T2P4, old revision with only 66MHz external > clock and up to 3x multiplier) and a K6-200. It seems runs ok but the > CPU is extremely hot, and I'm worried it might melt some day. Do we know how many amps you need at 2.9? A silicon diode will drop 0.6 to 0.7v in series. If you set the MB to about 3.5 volts then you'll be just about right. Assuming there is a ready way to add the diode in series with your existing PS, between it and the CPU. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 06:11:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA28398 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:11:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from freebsd.mclink.it (net128-181.mclink.it [195.110.128.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA28364 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:11:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mc4469@mclink.it) Received: (from mc4469@localhost) by freebsd.mclink.it (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA00207 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:10:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mc4469) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 15:02:51 +0100 (CET) Organization: A Private Site From: Andrea Sormanni To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with SCSI Zip 100 & Trantor T130 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all. I have a problem with my SCSI Zip 100 drive connected with an (old) Trantor T130 board (NCRC400 based, 8-bit board, without BIOS). The card is correctly probed at boot time, i can format, disklabel, mount the disk with any problem, but while trying to copy a file into an UFS formatted disk i get tons of the following messages: nca0/5/0: data length underflow nca0/5/0: data length underflow nca0/5/0: data length underflow nca: last byte timeout The drive works, the file is copied, but very slowly. The drive should be ok, i have no problem using it under Linux. Here some infos: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE from Walnut Creek CDROM MB based on Intel Triton 1, Pentium 75 CPU 40 MB RAM, 2 EIDE drives, S3 Trio64 video board. Kernel config lines: ------ options BOUNCE_BUFFERS controller nca0 at isa? port 0x350 bio irq 5 vector ncaintr controller scbus0 disk sd0 ------ Output of dmesg: ------ nca0 at 0x350-0x35f irq 5 on isa nca0: type NCR-53C400 (nca0:5:0): "IOMEGA ZIP 100 J.02" type 0 removable SCSI 2 sd0(nca0:5:0): Direct-Access sd0(nca0:5:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB sd0 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry 96MB (196608 512 byte sectors) ------ Any idea ? Andrea From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 09:54:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA19177 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:54:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from gw1.tesys.com (root@gw1.tesys.com [207.5.58.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA19163 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:54:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billy@tesys.com) Received: from bb2.tesys.com ([207.5.58.7]) by gw1.tesys.com (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA20396; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:55:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19971205095719.012a0b94@gw1.tesys.com> X-Sender: billy@gw1.tesys.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 09:57:19 -0800 To: hardware@freebsd.org From: Billy Bath x102 Subject: Re: Is Pent-II/LX chipset-SMP bug ? Cc: billy@gw1.tesys.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, Doug mentioned (Doug is the person who returned my email at questions@freebsd.org), that there is a LX chipset bug for the SMP support under Freebsd, I asked him if I can get more info on it and he gave me this email address. Can I please know what he really meant to say.. thanks to all of you for help and support.. cheers,,bb >Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 09:41:43 -0800 (PST) >From: Doug White >Reply-To: Doug White >To: Billy Bath x102 >cc: FreeBSD Questions >Subject: Re: Is Pent-II/LX chipset well supported-what mb to use ? > >On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Billy Bath x102 wrote: > >> Hello, doug >> How I contact the SMP group ?? >> It is important to me know how serious this problem is ?? > >Actually, it's a bug in the BIOS, but it prevents FreeBSD from booting. >Try `hardware@freebsd.org' and/or search the mail archives. > > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > Digitally Your's Billy Bath Sales Engineer Telenet System Solutions,Inc. P: 408-383-0334..ext102 F: 408-383-0335 Email: Billy@tesys.com Web: http://www.tesys.com 2480 Kruse Drive ,SanJose ,CA-95131 From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 10:36:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA23018 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:36:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from CTNet2.createtech.com (CTNet2.createtech.com [209.48.208.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA23012 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:36:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kim@createtech.com) Received: (from smtp@localhost) by CTNet2.createtech.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA28999 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:24:42 -0600 (CST) Received: from x56.createtech.com(209.48.208.56), claiming to be "createtech.com" via SMTP by pop.createtech.com, id smtpd028990; Fri Dec 5 12:24:32 1997 Message-ID: <34884720.FFAEDD09@createtech.com> Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 12:25:36 -0600 From: Kim Shrier X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ZNYX ZX346 or Adaptec ANA-6944A/TX support. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does anybody know if either of these boards are supported by the ethernet device drivers that come with FreeBSD? Kim Shrier kim@createtech.com From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 11:00:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA25190 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:00:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from cx25450-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (cx25450-a.dt1.sdca.home.com [24.0.129.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA25151; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schwarz@cx25450-a.dt1.sdca.home.com) Received: (from schwarz@localhost) by cx25450-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA07621; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:59:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schwarz) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Resent-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 09:09:38 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: Resent-From: Steven Schwarz Resent-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 10:58:02 -0800 (PST) Organization: Doctor Design From: Steven Schwarz To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: FW: support for AIC 7895 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I recently put together a system based upon the Tyan Thunder 2 motherboard, which has on-board an Adaptec AIC 7895 SCSI controller. (This is supposed to be "equivalent to a 3940-AUW", to quote the motherboard documentation. Strangely, the Adaptec web site seems to contain no info on the AIC 7895.) I am attempting to get this SCSI controller to play with FreeBSD, starting from 3.0-971022-SNAP. By adding some printf's to the code for aic7870_probe() in aic7870.c, I was able to determine an appropriate PCI ID for the card, and then I added a new constant for that file: #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_ADAPTEC_AIC7895 0x78959004ul I added a new case to aic7870_probe(): case PCI_DEVICE_ID_ADAPTEC_AIC7895: return ("Adaptec aic7895 Ultra SCSI host adapter"); break; And I added a new case to ahc_pci_attach(): case PCI_DEVICE_ID_ADAPTEC_AIC7895: ahc_t = AHC_394U; if ((aic3940_count & 0x01) != 0) { /* Odd count implies second channel */ ahc_f |= AHC_CHNLB; } aic3940_count++; break; This is not enough to get the card working. Here is the dmesg output from a boot with -v: ahc0: rev 0x03 int a irq 19 on pci0.15 .0 ahc0: Reading SEEPROM...checksum error ahc0: No SEEPROM available ahc0: Using left over BIOS settings ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs ahc0: hardware scb 32 bytes; kernel scb 28 bytes; ahc_dma 8 bytes ahc0: Resetting Channel A NEEDSDTR == 0x11 NEEDWDTR == 0x0 DISCENABLE == 0xffff ahc0: Downloading Sequencer Program...ahc0: 409 instructions downloaded Done ahc0: Probing channel A Choosing drivers for scbus configured at 0 ahc0: waiting for scsi devices to settle scbus0 at ahc0 bus 0 scb:0xf066ff20 control:0xc0 tcl:0x0 cmdlen:6 cmdpointer:0x9bed8 datlen:-16777216 data:0x0 segs:0x0 segp:0x0 ahc0: board is not responding scbus0 target 0 lun 0: SCB 0x0 - timed out in command phase, SCSISIGI == 0x86 SEQADDR = 0x14b SCSISEQ = 0x12 SSTAT0 = 0x5 SSTAT1 = 0x3 scbus0 target 0 lun 0: abort message in message buffer ... >From this point on, there is much more of the same, and it appears to be recognizing a device uk#N at every lun of every target of the bus, though the timeouts are so long I have not had the patience to actually let the thing go all the way. Any advice as to what is going wrong and possible next steps would be mightily appreciated.... Thanks, sts From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 11:01:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA25366 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:01:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com (biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com [206.14.52.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA25360 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:01:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jas@flyingfox.com) Received: (from jas@localhost) by biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA21422 for hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:01:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:01:54 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Shankland Message-Id: <199712051901.LAA21422@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it. I'm looking for a card that is: * ISA-bus based (as noted); * ca 10 MB of flash; * works as is with FreeBSD's wd driver and the BIOS (I'd like to boot off it); * cheap, reliable, fast, etc. Thanks in advance for any pointers. Jim Shankland Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc. From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 11:38:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA29266 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:38:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA29237; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:38:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id LAA11609; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:38:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd011607; Fri Dec 5 11:38:32 1997 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id LAA07942; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:38:22 -0800 (PST) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199712051938.LAA07942@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: FW: support for AIC 7895 In-Reply-To: from Steven Schwarz at "Dec 5, 97 10:58:02 am" To: schwarz@cx25450-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (Steven Schwarz) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:38:22 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I recently put together a system based upon the Tyan Thunder 2 > motherboard, which has on-board an Adaptec AIC 7895 SCSI controller. > (This is supposed to be "equivalent to a 3940-AUW", to quote the > motherboard documentation. Strangely, the Adaptec web site seems to > contain no info on the AIC 7895.) Which is also incorrect. All 3940[|U|W|UW] I have seen are based on the Adaptec AIC-7870 or AIC-7880. I was browsing last night for a new motherboard and saw that AIC-7895 statement, I first thought they mean the Adaptec 3985 controller, but even that controller is based on 3xAIC-7880 and 1xAIC-7810. Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 14:42:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA18828 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:42:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA18818 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:42:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA19144; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:42:29 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199712052242.PAA19144@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: Billy Bath x102 cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, billy@gw1.tesys.com Subject: Re: Is Pent-II/LX chipset-SMP bug ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Dec 1997 09:57:19 PST." <3.0.32.19971205095719.012a0b94@gw1.tesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 15:42:28 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > >On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Billy Bath x102 wrote: > > > >> Hello, doug > >> How I contact the SMP group ?? > >> It is important to me know how serious this problem is ?? > > > >Actually, it's a bug in the BIOS, but it prevents FreeBSD from booting. > >Try `hardware@freebsd.org' and/or search the mail archives. the mail group you want is: smp@freebsd.org the web page is: http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html I have no idea what bug he is talking about. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 15:58:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA25265 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:58:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA25247 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:57:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk) Received: from ragnet.demon.co.uk ([158.152.46.40]) by post.mail.demon.net id aa2021476; 5 Dec 97 23:53 GMT Received: from dmlb by ragnet.demon.co.uk with local (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0xe2TU-0000Q9-00; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:27:40 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 18:21:36 -0000 (GMT) From: Duncan Barclay To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problem with SCSI Zip 100 & Trantor T130 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have a problem with my SCSI Zip 100 drive connected with an (old) >Trantor T130 board (NCRC400 based, 8-bit board, without BIOS). > >The card is correctly probed at boot time, i can format, disklabel, >mount the disk with any problem, but while trying to copy a file into an >UFS formatted disk i get tons of the following messages: > >nca0/5/0: data length underflow >nca0/5/0: data length underflow >nca0/5/0: data length underflow >nca: last byte timeout > >The drive works, the file is copied, but very slowly. >The drive should be ok, i have no problem using it under Linux. I think that you are on to a bit of a loser with this card for anything but a CDROM under FreeBSD. A year or so ago, I got one of these cards free and started to hook up a SCSI disk I had lying around. I could format, disklabel etc, but could not copy reliably. I had a look at the source to the driver and it doesn't really seem to be written with anything other than a CDROM in mind. The block size seems to be fixed at 2kB, DMA is a faked etc, (all from memory). I think (but cant remember) that the errors were the same as you are seeing. However, under Win95 the drive and card were fine. Duncan --- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. ________________________________________________________________________ From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 20:10:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA13854 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from mail.aloha.com (root@leahi.aloha.com [206.127.224.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA13835 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:10:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from volack@computer.org) Received: from volack.volack (usrtc1-43.pixi.net [206.127.231.207]) by mail.aloha.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/PIXI-5.2) with SMTP id SAA15861 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:10:02 -1000 (HST) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:10:01 -1000 (HST) From: "Joseph J. Volack" X-Sender: volack@volack.volack To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RICOH MP6200S CD-R, CD-RW Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is anybody using the RICOH MP6200S with FreeBSD? Looks like these are a pretty good deal now. The Philips and HP SCSI drives which work with FreeBSD seem to have disappeared from the market. From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 20:54:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA17229 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:54:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA17209 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:54:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA01467; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:12:11 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712060342.OAA01467@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Billy Bath x102 cc: hardware@freebsd.org, billy@gw1.tesys.com Subject: Re: Is Pent-II/LX chipset-SMP bug ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Dec 1997 09:57:19 -0800." <3.0.32.19971205095719.012a0b94@gw1.tesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 14:12:11 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hello, > Doug mentioned (Doug is the person who returned my email at > questions@freebsd.org), that there is a LX chipset bug for the SMP support > under Freebsd, I asked him if I can get more info on it and he gave me this > email address. I'm not aware of any SMP problems with the LX. The SMP list (smp@freebsd.org) is the authoratative place to go for that sort of data. > >Subject: Re: Is Pent-II/LX chipset well supported-what mb to use ? > > > >On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Billy Bath x102 wrote: > > > >> Hello, doug > >> How I contact the SMP group ?? > >> It is important to me know how serious this problem is ?? > > > >Actually, it's a bug in the BIOS, but it prevents FreeBSD from booting. > >Try `hardware@freebsd.org' and/or search the mail archives. The problem that Doug is alluding to is a fault in the BIOS on the Intel AL440LX (Atlanta) motherboard, where it fails to correctly set up the registers before calling the bootloader. This is only an issue if you partition your boot disk in "dedicated" mode. mike From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 21:09:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA18062 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 21:09:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp5.portal.net.au [202.12.71.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA18055 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 21:09:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01814; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 15:34:11 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jim Shankland cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 05 Dec 1997 11:01:54 -0800." <199712051901.LAA21422@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 15:34:10 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look > like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it. Tried Industrial Computer Source? > I'm looking for a card that is: > > * ISA-bus based (as noted); > * ca 10 MB of flash; > * works as is with FreeBSD's wd driver and the BIOS (I'd > like to boot off it); > * cheap, reliable, fast, etc. Most flash cards are floppy-emulators, and usually at the BIOS, not register level. There are a couple of solid-state disk emulators with IDE interfaces, but these are pretty expensive, not to mention bulky. You might consider a PCMCIA adapter card and a PCCARD flash card (you'd need to integrate some of the PAO work to have this happen properly). Still not cheap, unfortunately. mike From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 5 23:59:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA28806 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:59:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA28797 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:59:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.cybercity.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA17436; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 08:57:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Mike Smith cc: Jim Shankland , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 06 Dec 1997 15:34:10 +1030." <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au> Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 08:57:18 +0100 Message-ID: <17434.881395038@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au>, Mike Smith writes: >> If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look >> like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it. > >Tried Industrial Computer Source? > >> I'm looking for a card that is: >> >> * ISA-bus based (as noted); >> * ca 10 MB of flash; >> * works as is with FreeBSD's wd driver and the BIOS (I'd >> like to boot off it); >> * cheap, reliable, fast, etc. > >Most flash cards are floppy-emulators, and usually at the BIOS, not >register level. The cheapest way is probably to buy a PCMCIA doc and a ATA Flash card. Approx $1000 I'd think. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 6 12:17:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA10328 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:17:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from hercules.orion.ab.ca (hercules.orion.ab.ca [207.134.218.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA10313; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:17:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@orion.ab.ca) Received: from myname.my.domain (dialup.orion.ab.ca [207.134.218.148]) by hercules.orion.ab.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA11882; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 13:24:48 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 13:16:54 +0000 (GMT) From: timp X-Sender: root@myname.my.domain To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: OOps Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk OOPS! Very sorry, I sent those last messages regarding the ZIP drive device name from a newly built machine and forgot to change my return address. I should have known better. Tim From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 6 14:49:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA20971 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:49:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from linux1.americasnet.com (linux1.americasnet.com [207.155.121.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA20957 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:49:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ricardo@americasnet.com) Received: from localhost (ricardo@localhost) by linux1.americasnet.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA28609 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:32:15 -0800 Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:32:13 -0800 (PST) From: Ricardo Kleemann To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: unsubscribe Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk unsubscribe hardware@freebsd.org ricardo@americasnet.com From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 6 23:29:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA23737 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:29:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from joxer.acsu.buffalo.edu (qmailr@joxer.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.7.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA23731 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:29:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jpgather@acsu.buffalo.edu) Received: (qmail 4811 invoked from network); 7 Dec 1997 07:29:00 -0000 Received: from ubppp-248-049.ppp-net.buffalo.edu (HELO acsu.buffalo.edu) (128.205.248.49) by joxer.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 7 Dec 1997 07:29:00 -0000 Message-ID: <348A504F.F56947E5@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 02:29:19 -0500 From: John Gather Organization: University at Buffalo X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-hardware Subject: Linksys EtherFAST pci card/ DEC 21140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi all, with great excitement am I setting up my unix box -- under FreeBSD. So far so good: I got the printer installed fine, scsi card Tekram 390F works fine and drives. I commented out the maximum from the config file. WHAT I DON'T GET TO WORK SO FAR $%&$%*#$% excuse me, ahem, is this Ethernet Card. I found documentation on this site that de0 supports all DEC 21x40 that is 040 AND 140. So my card should work fine too. I understand also from a couple of other postings before that the card needs to be hooked up to the network to come up. Honestly i am a little overwelmed by the mighty unix. A little advice would be very much appreciated. In the config file I set de0 that's all (the other card drivers have many more specifics, why this one bare?) I've cruised around the file system /etc has a number of configuration files like rc.something and then there are many others. the mb is an asust2t4, the scsi card tekram 390F Scsi2, ps2m, svga, 32mb, P200 BIOS is Award. The boot finds the device, vendor name, etc, but then: unknon device I hope somewhere out there has some relief !! Thank you! John Gather