Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 03:46:09 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, eric@dol.net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/5748 Message-ID: <19980219034609.01660@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <20362.887531842@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sun, Feb 15, 1998 at 12:37:22AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980215005345.21844A-100000@sasami.jurai.net> <20362.887531842@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard scribbled this message on Feb 15: > Aha, a positive report. Well then, so it's just supposed to use the > ahb driver? Given that the driver is for an EISA device, it also > wouldn't show up in the menu given that it's *supposed* to be > preconfigured. No idea how this works for a VLB device using the same > driver, however. this is from my system that uses an 284x... I've been using one since about 2.0 or 2.0.5 or so... I've had for about two or three and a half years now and only used it with freebsd (ok, it did get used under dos to run an exabyte test bed/fireware upgrade)... from dmesg: ahc0: <Adaptec 284X SCSI host adapter> at 0x1c00-0x1cff irq 12 on eisa0 slot 1 ahc0: aic7770 >= Rev E, Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 4 SCBs as you can see, it requires the eisa code to be detected... and actually this is what I use in the kernel config: controller eisa0 controller ahc0 as you can see, it requires nothing else and works great... > > On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > I assume you mean an Adaptec 2940 and if so it's not in the devices > > > menu because it's a PCI card and doesn't need to be. Never heard of > > > the 2840, so if you really do have one of those then it's not supported > > > anyway. :-) > > > > The 284x is the VELSA Local Bus version of the aic7770. It uses the same > > driver as the 274x. > > > > It is supported. -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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