From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Apr 3 10: 1: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from piglet.theeirons.org (dsl-64-195-193-89.telocity.com [64.195.193.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51C3037B417 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:01:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (nadav@localhost) by piglet.theeirons.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g33Hxjx03522; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:59:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@TheEirons.org) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:59:45 -0800 (PST) From: Nadav Eiron To: Roberto de Iriarte Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8ystein_Andreassen?= , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with MyLex KZPAC PCI RAID controller In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Roberto de Iriarte wrote: > > I have an alphaserver 2100A with a very similar controller. Getting > it to work was a headache, mostly for firmware problems. > > The firmware of the DEC oem controllers was not updated as frequently > as the one on PC's, as a matter of fact, i could never get the upgrade > programm (ARC based) to work. > > I would > > a) Check that the firmware is the latest supported revision for the > controller. The upgrade needs to be done on a PC. > > 2.73-0-00 is the minimun for FreeBSD. FWIW, I updated my Mylex (in a DS10L) to 2.73-00 on the Alpha. It required booting into AlphaBIOS and using DEQ's (not Mylex's) floppy image. Otherwise, it worked as advertised. YMMV. Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message