From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 7 09:55:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA15083 for current-outgoing; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:55:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from iworks.InterWorks.org (iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA15070 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 09:55:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by iworks.InterWorks.org (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA19076; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:53:16 -0600 Message-Id: <9602071753.AA19076@iworks.InterWorks.org> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 11:53:16 -0600 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" To: current@FreeBSD.org, soward@service1.uky.edu Subject: Re: 7880 driver in SNAP Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I just loaded the 2.2-960130-SNAP on a new HP XU 6/150 Pentium Pro. Of >course, it didn't like the HP ethernet card, but it also coughed up some error >with the 7880 -- still worked though...iozone performance is only about >3Meg/sec which is worse than a 2940+Hawk+P100... > >Feb 6 14:09:17 test63 /kernel: ahc0 r >ev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:2 >Feb 6 14:09:17 test63 /kernel: checksum error >Feb 6 14:09:17 test63 /kernel: ahc0: SEEPROM read failed, using leftover BIOS v >alues >Feb 6 14:09:17 test63 /kernel: ahc0: aic7880 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs >Feb 6 14:09:17 test63 /kernel: (ahc0:0:0): "QUANTUM FIREBALL1080S 1Q09" type 0 >fixed SCSI 2 >Feb 6 14:09:17 test63 /kernel: sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 1042MB (2134305 512 > byte sectors) The "error" message is merely informational. The on-board aic7xxx chips do not have a serial EEPROM; they have non-volatile RAM in which the BIOS settings are stored. The driver knows how to read a serial EEPROM but not NVRAM (and fails the checksum test in reading the serial EEPROM) so it just uses BIOS settings leftover in scratch RAM on the card. Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org