From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 1 13:25:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26207 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:25:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from panzer.plutotech.com (panzer.plutotech.com [206.168.67.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26201 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:25:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@panzer.plutotech.com) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.plutotech.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) id OAA43995; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:25:15 -0700 (MST) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" Message-Id: <199901012125.OAA43995@panzer.plutotech.com> Subject: Re: Motherboard with onboard scsi In-Reply-To: <368A6C8E.4528@echidna.com> from Graeme Tait at "Dec 30, 98 01:10:22 pm" To: graeme@echidna.com (Graeme Tait) Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:25:15 -0700 (MST) Cc: clash@tasam.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28s (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Graeme Tait wrote... > Joe Gleason wrote: [ good answers from Graeme snipped ] > > > What is the difference between 7890 and 7895? > > > This I don't know. > You might want to peruse Adaptec's website. The 7895 is a dual-channel Wide Ultra (16 bit, 20MHz) controller. The 7890 is a single-channel Wide Ultra 2 (16 bit, 40MHz) controller. There is also the 7896/7897, which is a dual channel Ultra 2 controller. One of the chips is 32-bit PCI, the other is 64-bit PCI. I can't remember which one is which. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 1 22:54:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA17668 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:54:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from amerasu.brel.com (amerasu.brel.com [203.127.231.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA17658; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 22:54:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from calvinng@brel.com) Received: from localhost (calvinng@localhost) by amerasu.brel.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24667; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:03:28 +0800 (SGT) (envelope-from calvinng@brel.com) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:03:28 +0800 (SGT) From: Calvin NG To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NetFinity 5500-41U, cannot detect SCSI controller Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greetings, Hi there. What a way to start a new year. If it is a sin to cross-post, I beg your forgiveness, but feeling a bit desperate here. problem: Just got the above mentioned hardware, been trying to install 3.0 on it. Tried with the normal floppy boot-image, and then the CAM boot-floppy, but both was not able to detect the on-board SCSI controller. background: According to the hardware specs, the SCSI controller is a IBM PCI ServRAID-3H/3L wide fast SCSI2, whatever that means. I opened up the cover to take a peek inside, saw two Adaptec AIC7880P chips in there. I tried fiddling with the BIOS setup, and the SCSI controller has been assigned interupt 11, but it does not help. BTW, the PCI bus are mostly Plug-and-Play, does it matter??? my take: The way I look at it, IBM probably uses its own BIOS, causing the Adaptec not to respond to the hardware probe. What do you think. Or I shouldn't assume that a adaptec chipset means it will defintely work. Or am I missing something entirely, such as the APM (power mgmt), or USB controller, both of which are detected. greetings: Seasons Greetings to you, Wishing You a Peaceful and Merry X'Mas and a Rewarding and Happy New Year! Regards, /calvin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 1 23:04:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA18506 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:04:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles354.castles.com [208.214.167.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA18490; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:03:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA57322; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:00:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901020700.XAA57322@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Calvin NG cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetFinity 5500-41U, cannot detect SCSI controller In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:03:28 +0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 23:00:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Greetings, > > Hi there. What a way to start a new year. > If it is a sin to cross-post, I beg your forgiveness, but feeling > a bit desperate here. > > problem: > Just got the above mentioned hardware, been trying to install 3.0 > on it. Tried with the normal floppy boot-image, and then the CAM > boot-floppy, but both was not able to detect the on-board > SCSI controller. > > background: > According to the hardware specs, the SCSI controller is a IBM > PCI ServRAID-3H/3L wide fast SCSI2, whatever that means. > I opened up the cover to take a peek inside, saw two Adaptec > AIC7880P chips in there. The ServeRAID controller is not supported, as explicitly noted in the FreeBSD-3.0 release notes. The controller uses the Adaptec chips internally, but these are not (AFAIK) available directly to the host system. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message