Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:37:26 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, "'Andrew Gallatin'" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>, msmith@mass.dis.org Subject: Re: booting a 2100 with EISA MyLex controller Message-ID: <20011128003726.A6845@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200111272327.fARNRVj04651@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 03:27:31PM -0800 References: <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> <200111272327.fARNRVj04651@mass.dis.org>
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 03:27:31PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > There's no EISA attach code for the Mylex driver. Somebody was > > > working on it once, but I'm not sure if it ever came to > > > anything.. > > > > To the aforementioned "somebody": I'll be happy to test your code and help > > out. How far'd you get? > > Not far enough, sorry. > > I don't have an EISA alpha, nor the time to do the job right. > > It's not just a case of writing an EISA attachment, unfortunately. > The EISA firmware is, er, quirky, and making it work properly might > entail a fair amount of effort. I could never justify the time > involved, sorry. 8( Kees-Jan, if you want a x86 EISA box to take a shot at this yourself I have one for grabs in Arnhem... Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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