Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:37:28 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Keith Camden <kcamden@sportingnews.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Servers and FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990212113728.N71962@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <36C305EE.1DE98C12@sportingnews.com>; from Keith Camden on Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 11:31:42AM -0500 References: <36C305EE.1DE98C12@sportingnews.com>
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On Thursday, 11 February 1999 at 11:31:42 -0500, Keith Camden wrote: > We're thinking about upgrading a FreeBSD box that we have to a new > computer. We have standardized on Compaq servers for our file servers in > our organization, and I'm wondering if FreeBSD will support the built-in > SCSI and Ethernet on the Compaq server. > > The server that we are looking at is a rack mount Compaq 1850R with a > Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX embedded UTP Controller with full duplex > Ethernet support and a Compaq Integrated Dual Channel Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 > Controller. > > Will FreeBSD support the Compaq Ethernet card and SCSI controller? > > I've checked the FreeBSD support documentation on Ethernet Cards and > Disk Controllers, and these cards do not appear. >From the 3.0 release information: (Ethernet boards) Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC There's no mention of Compaq SCSI host adaptors there. Looking at my saved messages, I find: > I believe all of the Compaq SCSI adaptors (except possible the RAID > ones) are Symbios/NCR chipsets. At least out Proliant 2500 is, and > there is just one Compaq SCSI HAM driver for Netware, so it must cover > all the Compaq cards. > > -Dan Nelson > dnelson@emsphone.com > The disk controller is a Symbios 53c876 > (checked by looking at the actual chip), which appears as two 53c875's. > Below is the boot -v output from 2.2.7. > > Anybody have an idea of why PCI probing fails in 3.0-19981006-BETA on this > Compaq system? Anything more I can do to debug it? (Might try to install > 3.0 "by hand" tomorrow - this is feasible since I have a running 2.2.7 > system now, and plenty of disk space). > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Calibrating clock(s) ... i586 clock: 332826782 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193275 Hz > CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency > CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method > CPU: Pentium II (quarter-micron) (332.80-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x651 Stepping=1 > Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,<b16>,<b17>,MMX,<b24>> > real memory = 603979776 (589824K bytes) > Physical memory chunk(s): > 0x00001000 - 0x0009efff, 647168 bytes (158 pages) > 0x00221000 - 0x23ffdfff, 601739264 bytes (146909 pages) > avail memory = 589602816 (575784K bytes) > eisa0: <CPQ561 (System Board)> > Probing for devices on the EISA bus > pcibus_setup(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x00000000 > pcibus_setup(1a): mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000) > pcibus_check: device 0 is there (id=00051166) > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > configuration mode 1 allows 32 devices. > chip0 <Ross (?) host to PCI bridge> rev 3 on pci0:0:0 > vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 34 int a irq ?? on pci0:6:0 > mapreg[10] type=0 addr=c5000000 size=1000000. > chip1 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=0e11 device=0001 subclass=2)> rev 7 on pci0:15:0 > chip2 <Ross (?) host to PCI bridge> rev 3 on pci0:17:0 > pci0: uses 16777216 bytes of memory from c5000000 upto c5ffffff. > Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: > ncr0 <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 20 int a irq 9 on pci1:4:0 > mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00005000 size=0100. > mapreg[14] type=0 addr=c6ffdf00 size=0100. > mapreg[18] type=0 addr=c6fff000 size=1000. > reg20: virtual=0xf616ef00 physical=0xc6ffdf00 size=0x100 > reg24: virtual=0xf616f000 physical=0xc6fff000 size=0x1000 > ncr0: minsync=12, maxsync=137, maxoffs=16, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo > ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver, using on-chip SRAM > ncr0: restart (scsi reset). > ncr0 scanning for targets 0..6 and 8..15 (V2 pl24 96/12/14) > ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > (ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:0:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) > (ncr0:0:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access > sd0(ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled > sd0(ncr0:0:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) > 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) > sd0(ncr0:0:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track > (ncr0:1:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:1:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) > (ncr0:1:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd1(ncr0:1:0): Direct-Access > sd1(ncr0:1:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled > sd1(ncr0:1:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) > 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) > sd1(ncr0:1:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track > (ncr0:4:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:4:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) > (ncr0:4:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd2(ncr0:4:0): Direct-Access > sd2(ncr0:4:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled > sd2(ncr0:4:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) > 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) > sd2(ncr0:4:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track > (ncr0:5:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:5:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) > (ncr0:5:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd3(ncr0:5:0): Direct-Access > sd3(ncr0:5:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled > sd3(ncr0:5:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) > 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) > sd3(ncr0:5:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track > ncr1 <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 20 int b irq 10 on pci1:4:1 > mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00005400 size=0100. > mapreg[14] type=0 addr=c6ffde00 size=0100. > mapreg[18] type=0 addr=c6ffe000 size=1000. > reg20: virtual=0xf6170e00 physical=0xc6ffde00 size=0x100 > reg24: virtual=0xf6171000 physical=0xc6ffe000 size=0x1000 > ncr1: minsync=12, maxsync=137, maxoffs=16, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo > ncr1: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver, using on-chip SRAM > ncr1: restart (scsi reset). > ncr1 scanning for targets 0..6 and 8..15 (V2 pl24 96/12/14) > ncr1 waiting for scsi devices to settle In general, Compaq systems seem to cause problems. They're often not quite compatible, and we hear of an above-average number of problems with them. It would be a good idea to try booting a boot floppy and seeing what it finds. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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