From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Sep 12 06:18:47 1995 Return-Path: freebsd-scsi-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA05811 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 06:18:47 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA05803 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 06:18:43 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id JAA10519; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 09:12:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 09:12:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: Future Domain SCSI Controller To: n1epo4tl@ibmmail.com cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, internet@ibmmail.com In-Reply-To: <199509121247.FAA04611@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: freebsd-scsi-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 12 Sep 1995 n1epo4tl@ibmmail.com wrote: > I have installed 2.0.5R on a 386DX40 and was trying to install a SCSI > controller. The one I have is a Future Domain TMC 850 controller > using a TMC 950 chip. It is a cheap nasty thing and was I believe a it certainly is, ollie. > free give away with some CD ROM drive or other. It is recognised > during booting correctly, after which there is a pause for the scsi > devices to settle. With a tape drive plugged in, the tape is then > probed, recognised, installed as st0 and all works fine. With a > disk however, after the pause, the disk light goes on and everything > hangs with no further messages. This happens whatever disk I use. > I have tried an assortment of Seagate, Micropolis and DEC. > Will these controllers work with disk drives, am I possibly doing > something wrong, or is this a bug/feature? bug in the driver that was fixed after 2.0.5 was released. you need to build a new kernel with the fix incorporated. the fix is in the code for FreeBSD-stable, which will become FreeBSD-2.1. i can send you the file, /sys/i386/isa/seagate.c, so you can build your own kernel or build a GENERIC kernel for you. jmb Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346