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Date:      10 Jan 99 07:52:23 America/Fort_Wayne
From:      Stephen Palmer <slpalmer@netscape.net>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, son@teaser.fr, "José" "Mª" Alcaide <jose@we.lc.ehu.es>
Cc:        Stephen Palmer <slpalmer@netscape.net>, gp@oitunix.oit.umass.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Request fo help with Zip Drive on vpo0 in -current
Message-ID:  <19990110075223.12171.qmail@www0d.netaddress.usa.net>

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Sorry if this is redundant, but I haven't seen any new posts on this
since 1/1/99.  I am still showing this problem (vpo0 detected, da0 and scbus
not detected) with sources current as of 1/9/99 5PM CST.

Any help would be appreciated. (I'm almost to the point of bowing down to
whomever can solve this!  I wish I could code as well as report :-(  )  

Stephen L. Palmer
slpalmer@netscape.net

son@teaser.fr wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 11:48:15AM +0100, José Mª Alcaide wrote:

> >

> >Nicolas Souchu wrote:

> >> 

> >> Sorry, I'm wrong, it's ok here with December, 22th. So I can't really

> >> help you from there :(

> >> 

> >> You may retry previous sys/ releases Dec, 1st, Nov, 15th to find out the
bogus

> >> submit.

> >> 

> >

> >Parallel ZIP doesn't work here, using sources CVSupped today (Dec 28th).

> >Perhaps the cause isn't in the ppc/ppbus/vpo code; the problem

> >I see is that da0 isn't initialized, so I think that scbus0 doesn't

> >get attached to vpo0 for some reason. Some parts of the CAM code

> >have changed in the last month...

> >

> >These are my kernel config lines related to the parallel bus:

> >

> >controller      scbus0                  # Lo necesita el ZIP paralelo.

> >device          da0                     # Y esto también.

> >controller      ppbus0                  # Bus paralelo

> >controller      vpo0    at ppbus?       # ZIP paralelo

> >device          nlpt0   at ppbus?       # Impresora

> >controller      ppc0    at isa? port ? tty irq 7 flags 0x04

> >

> >I think that this config is OK. I have no SCSI adapter in this

> >machine. These are the boot messages (boot -v):

> >

> >ppc: parallel port found at 0x378

> >ppc0:

> >ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 flags 0x4 on isa

> >ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP-only) in EPP mode (EPP 1.9)

> >nlpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0

> >nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port

> >vpo0: <Iomega VPI0 Parallel to SCSI interface> on ppbus 0

> >vpo0: EPP 1.9 mode

> >

> >After that, there is no mention to any "da" device.

> >This is very odd, indeed.

> 

> Ooops, I've added some detection code October, 31th. It may break your

> hardware. Detection of your ZIP is done in NIBBLE mode, then according to
your

> boot flags, EPP mode is required for transfer.

> 

> First, try to set your bootflags to 0x3 to force PS2/NIBBLE mode and see

> if it works. Then try 0x1.

> 

> Secondly, set 0x44 to your bootflags to force your chipset generic and

> avoid NS chips detection code execution.

> 

> I completly forgot all this... please, give me some feedback.

> 

> -- 

> nsouch@teaser.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org

> FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org



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