From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 23 08:31:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA18473 for current-outgoing; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:31:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA18462 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:31:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id KAA15221; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 10:29:57 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id KAA00384; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 10:29:57 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19971223102957.25742@mcs.net> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 10:29:57 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Kenneth Merry Cc: Andrzej Bialecki , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec AIC-7895 (on-board double-channel SCSI) References: <199712231524.IAA29738@panzer.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199712231524.IAA29738@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth Merry on Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 08:24:46AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 08:24:46AM -0700, Kenneth Merry wrote: > Andrzej Bialecki wrote... > > Do we support such a controller? I'm trying to boot today's kernel on such > > a motherboard, and it doesn't detect the SCSI at all... :-(( > > The 7895 is only supported in the new CAM SCSI code. Check out: > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/cam > or > ftp://ftp.kdm.org/pub/FreeBSD/cam > > Read the README file in there, and if you want to try it, apply the > diffs to a -current source tree. (both the first set, and the incremental > diffs) If the diffs don't work well, let me know, and I can get you a > tarball of the current CAM source tree. > > Unfortunately we don't have a boot floppy right now, so to get that > machine up and running you'll have to put the hard drive in another machine > temporarily and copy all the necessary bits over. > > > First, I was bitten by bounce buffers (machine in question has 512 MB > > RAM), so I had to build custom installation floppy. It's not for the faint > > of heart, though... but finally I succeeded. If I'll make it today (I'll > > be leaving till New Year), then I'll send dmesg, mptable, pnpinfo and > > whatnot I can gather during these 2 hours... > > Well, if you want to make a CAM boot floppy as well, I'll be glad > to put it up for ftp.. If you can, though, I think it might be > easier/quicker to just take the hard drive from the machine in question and > put it in the machine you used to make the release and then copy the > stuff over.. > > > Ken > -- > Kenneth Merry > ken@plutotech.com Does anyone know what the plan(s) are to replace the existing SCSI code with the CAM code? -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost