From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 27 19:32:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA21830 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:32:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA21824 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:32:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA27132; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 14:02:46 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA18803; Sat, 28 Mar 1998 14:02:45 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980328140245.12567@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 14:02:45 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jeffrey D. Weitzel" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Adaptec 294x problem References: <35162293.31E7572A@best.com> <19980328084447.53060@freebie.lemis.com> <351C4B59.A033BFF4@best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <351C4B59.A033BFF4@best.com>; from Jeffrey D. Weitzel on Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 04:59:05PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 27 March 1998 at 16:59:05 -0800, Jeffrey D. Weitzel wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Mon, 23 March 1998 at 0:51:31 -0800, Jeffrey D. Weitzel wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm trying to install FreeBSD off the Walnut Creek CD-ROM, >> >> Which one? >> >> > > 2.2.5 November '97 OK. I suppose that's why it can at least recognize the chip. >>> and I'm not getting very far. >>> >>> The installation program isn't correctly identifying my SCSI controller >>> (an adaptec 294x). >>> The following message is in the system logs during the PCI scan: >>> >>> pci0:9:1: Adaptec, device=0x7895, class=storage(scsi) int a irq 10 [no >>> driver assigned] >>> pci0:9:1: Adaptec, device=0x7895, class=storage(scsi) int b irq 10 [no >>> driver assigned] >> >> This doesn't look like a 2940 to me. It looks like an on-board AIC >> 7895 chip. Is that correct? It's supported in 3.0, but not in 2.2.5. >> I don't know about 2.2.6 yet. > > I think you are right. I was deceived by some secondary clues. When are 2.2.6 > and 3.0 expected to be "stable"? 2.2.6 has been released. It's available via FTP now, and the CD-ROM will be out in a few weeks. 3.0 is expected some time later this year, but based on the last few weeks, you can expect significant slippage. It could be the biggest single step change in FreeBSD history. > I like your book, BTW. Very helpful. Thanks Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message