From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun Jan 17 16:14:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA28540 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:14:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA28531; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:14:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-38.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.38]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id SAA17227; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 18:14:13 -0600 (CST) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA11049; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 18:14:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199901180014.SAA11049@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: se@FreeBSD.ORG cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Symbios 875 activity LED? In-reply-to: Message from Stefan Esser of "Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:31:42 +0100." <19990117123142.B492@dialup124.mi.uni-koeln.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 18:14:11 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Stefan Esser writes: > It is simple to positively detect the Tekram SCSI cards, and I > know those don't follow the SDMS convention (and because of > Tekram's policy to support free operating systems, we even know > exactly how to make best use of their cards!). That's nice to know. Have heard Tekram cards have formatting and bad block scanning support in their BIOS config much like Adaptec and unlike my Asus SC875. Street prices for Tekram 390F's are lower than I've seen for an SC875. Problem is I'm not in the market for another SCSI card at the moment. :-( Excuses, excuses, that didn't stop me from buying an extra Matrox Millenium II 4MB yesterday for $45. While we can positively ID a Tekram card, just how else is one superior to other Symbios based cards? > But as long as I'm not able to *positively* detect SDMS compatible > cards, it's just to dangerous to make any assumptions about what > GPIO<0> does or doesn't ... ;-) I felt pretty confident that the #ifdef was there for a good reason. But the only way I found it was via mention on these mail lists. Once Upon A Time thought my SCSI card was broken because the LED didn't work. Is this option too petty or trivial to be added to LINT and config(8)? Config complains about it but kernels compile anyhow. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message