From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 4 05:29:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA02352 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 05:29:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from burzet.alma.fr (ns.alma.fr [194.2.236.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA02347 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 05:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khany.alma.fr (khany.alma.fr [194.2.236.62]) by burzet.alma.fr (8.7.5/96040601) with SMTP id OAA18715; Sun, 4 Aug 1996 14:28:52 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199608041228.OAA18715@burzet.alma.fr> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Alain Thivillon" To: "Daniel M. Eischen" , questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 14:27:46 +0200 Subject: Re: Ahc support in 2.1.5 ? Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Daniel M. Eischen : > > You say "Adaptec 294x on EISA Bus (Dual Channel)"? Is that a dual > EISA bus system, or an Adaptec 274x dual channel adapter. The 294x > isn't on an EISA bus - it's a PCI bus adapter. > You are right: the NetServer LC is an EISA/PCI system. The embbeded SCSI Controler is on EISA Bus, this an AIC 7770 Chip (Twin Channels). In fact, after checking the kernel configurations, i discover there was in GENERIC of FreeBSD 2.1.0 the line : controller ahc1 at isa? bio irq ? vector ahcintr This line as disappear in 2.1.5. My 2.1.0 Kernel boot with : Aug 4 14:19:08 valerian /kernel: ahc1: Motherboard Twin Channel, A SCSI Id=7, BSCSI Id=7, aic7770 >= Rev E, 4 SCBs And PCI bus was probed after this. Now PCI is probed just at startup. Is discover also that EISA support as been changed. Im my GENERIC 2.1.0 conf , there was no specific eisa line. Now i have : controller eisa0 But it seems that the eisa controler is not found. Any clue ? Does someone use a HP NetServer LC with 2.1.5 ? I will try with the boot floppy of 2.2-CURRENT, just to see ... -- Alain Thivillon -+- Alain.Thivillon@alma.fr -+- Alma, Grenoble