Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 11:39:37 -0200 (BRST) From: "Dr. Guilherme Regis" <lgemedia@200-171-183-182.dsl.telesp.net.br> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aic7xxx on floppy disk Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0202021136460.3160-100000@200-171-183-182.dsl.telesp.net.br> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0112192137460.3395-100000@200-171-183-182.dsl.telesp.net.br>
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Dear Justin, Any news or solution to the problem on how to correct the cardbus probe during install ? Thanks and cheers, Dr. Regis On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Dr. Guilherme Regis wrote: > > I've tried Mandrake 8.1 Disc 2 install. The only driver > related is aic7xxx.o. Same related driver is listed > on Disc 1 install. I tried both and the result is: > Insmod Failed. > > Luiz > > On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > >Which card are you running? Have you got a recent firmware? The newer > > >driver (default in RH and Mandrake) needs a firmware update on the card. > > > > RH continues to use the old driver. I have not checked Mandrake. > > As the firmware is part of the driver, no firmware updates are ever > > required for these products. > > > > Dr. Regis' problem is that the old aic7xxx driver is being used for > > his cardbus card even if he selects the new driver. There are lots > > of solutions for making this work once the machine is up, but I don't > > know how to correct the cardbus probe during install. Just having the > > right driver (on a floppy or by picking the new one during expert mode) > > won't prevent the cardbus code from additionally choosing the old driver. > > > > -- > > Justin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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