From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 1 17:41:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CE016A421 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:41:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mv.twc.weather.com (mv.twc.weather.com [65.212.71.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05D9243D53 for ; Mon, 1 Aug 2005 17:41:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [10.50.40.201] (Not Verified[65.202.103.25]) by mv.twc.weather.com with NetIQ MailMarshal (v6, 0, 3, 8) id ; Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:56:03 -0400 From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, bsdalpha@fadesa.es Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:07:13 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <42EE1A34.6510B1CE@fadesa.es> <20050801151501.GA53593@freebie.xs4all.nl> <42EE50C3.5C01C564@fadesa.es> In-Reply-To: <42EE50C3.5C01C564@fadesa.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508011307.14737.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Subject: Re: KZPCC-CE SCSI controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:41:29 -0000 On Monday 01 August 2005 12:41 pm, Jos=E9 M. Fandi=F1o wrote: > Hello Wilko, > > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > I got a DS20E which has a KZPCC-CE (LVD 3-ch, 64MB cache) SCSI > > > > > > will I be able to use this controller with FreeBSD? > > > > Well, I guess you are the first one to try this hardware. I do > > have DS20[E] available in the lab at work, but not this RAID card. > > Well, I would like to try this card with FBSD. > > > Would be interesting to know if it works or not, then we can go and > > add it into the default GENERIC for FreeBSD/alpha install cds. > > but how is supposed I can test the controller under FreeBSD if > FreeBSD can't detect it with the ISO images. > > some photos of the alpha gear, sorry for the bad quality and size > fortunately for me I don't live of the photography ;) > > You can see the KZPCC card before I moved it to hose 0, it's > weird because I have the manuals for the -CE model but there > is a label with the -XE reference on it. I asked the asr(4) driver maintainer and he said it isn't 64-bit clean, so = it=20 is almost certainly not going to work on Alpha without a lot of work. =2D-=20 John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org