Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 02:25:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Dennis Favro <dennis.favro@utoronto.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Compaq SystemPro/XL (SCSI) -- FreeBSD Support? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007220220060.610-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <p04310100b59e535e8ad1@[10.100.0.7]>
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Dennis Favro wrote: > Dual 80486s (50MHz) (are dual 486s even supported on *BSD) Dual 486 not supported. > Two Compaq 32-Bit Fast SCSI-2 Controllers (EISA, looks like they use > the NC53C710) Not supported. > Novell Fibre Adapters (?) (something with a Xilinc XC3030 Controller) Not supported. Likely these are relabeled FDDI or 100 megabit ARCNET boards that Novell sold as Mirrored Server Link boards for Netware SFTIII. > Compaq 32-bit NETFLEX Network Interface Controller (Token Ring & Ethernet) Not supported. These cards use the TI TMS380 chipset. I've been working on a driver for a while but haven't had much time or inclination to finish it. > Onboard SCSI (can't find anything that looks like a SCSI controller > on the main board, but there's both a 68-pin external connector and a > 50-pin internal connector off the motherboard) Likely another 53c7xx controller. > These machines would make nice, simple servers, but I don't know > where to start as far as driver support goes. The SCSI adapters > aren't supported under any BSD (nor under Linux or Intel Solaris, it > appears). I can't even begin to figure out the fibre and ethernet > cards. Go pick up a few AHC-2742T boards on eBay. You can use any old ISA ethernet card or a 3c579 EISA board if you're into that sort of thing. Trying to get the rest of the hardware to work is going to do nothing but annoy you. If you -really- want to work on getting the SCSI controllers supported then email me; I've a few ideas. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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