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Date:      Fri, 29 May 1998 13:55:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mike <mike@seidata.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec 7895P
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980529135350.558a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980529124905.28928A-100000@ns1.seidata.com>

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On Fri, 29 May 1998, Mike wrote:

> I noticed the Handbook mentions 'Adaptec AIC7850 on-board SCSI
> controllers', but does not mention the 7895P (realatively new?).  This
> controller has dual UW and W support.  I'm trying to setup two UW WD
> Enterprise 4360's.
> 
> What is the probability of getting this controller to work properly?
> 
> When I boot a 2.2.6 boot.flp image, the controller is found but no
> devices are probed and fbsd can't find any disks to install to.

What does the probe line(s) for the device look like?

> It looks something like this (a retype, not a screen grab...):
> 
> ------
> pci0:14:0: Adaptec, device=0x7895, class=storage (scsi) int b irq 10 [no
> driver assigned]

This is a 7895 which is only supported with the CAM patches.

> There's an identical entry for 'pci0:14:1:'.  Does [no driver assigned]
> mean I need to set something up in the SCSI BIOS with a DOS util or with
> SCSI Select, or is it more straight-forward and trying to tell me 'i don't
> know what this is, exactly...'?

It's straightforward.  The device/vendor ID doesn't match any known in any
driver.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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