From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 26 06:56:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA27353 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 06:56:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA27343 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 06:56:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jose@we.lc.ehu.es) Received: from we.lc.ehu.es by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA03906; Tue, 26 May 1998 15:56:26 +0200 Message-ID: <356ACA0A.2298EFF@we.lc.ehu.es> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 15:56:26 +0200 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" Organization: Universidad del País Vasco - Dept. Electricidad y Electrónica X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: problems with Iwill PIILS motherboard References: <355C4FA9.F3012FF3@we.lc.ehu.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have just purchased a new system for running FreeBSD. It is based on the Iwill PIILS motherboard, which uses the 440LX chipset and includes an Adaptec 7880 SCSI controller. I'm running FreeBSD-stable now, but I have detected two problems: First, the serial ports are not detected. I know that this problem also happens with other Iwill MBs and some Compaqs. I have found that two tests made by the sio driver fail (tests numbered 5 and 8). If I disable both tests, the serial ports are detected and work fine. However, I would like to know if someone is working on a patch for this problem. If there isn't any known solution, a new kernel config option (SIO_PROBLEM, for example) would be very useful. The second problem is related to SCSI. When the AHC driver tries to read the 7880's SEEPROM, the operation fails with a "cheksum error". I'm afraid that the 7880 chip on my PIILS motherboard is different (perhaps another version?): for example, I cannot choose the termination type using the Adaptec SCSI BIOS ("High ON/Low ON", "High ON/Low Off"...); instead, I can only select "Enable" or "Disable". However, the "cheksum error" trying to read the 7880's SEEPROM does not prevent the AHC driver from working properly. Until now, I can access to my SCSI disk and CD-ROM without any problem. These are the codes on the chip surface: AIC7880P AQWA 750 722511 BF3671.1 If the 7880 SCSI controller on my PIILS motherboard is a new version, or it has any kind of difference, I'm ready to make any tests on my system; however, in this case I will need some help from the person(s) responsible of the AHC driver. Cheers, -- JM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose M. Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del Pais Vasco | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose Dpto. de Electricidad y Electronica | Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-944647700 x2624 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-944858139 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Go ahead... make my day." - H. Callahan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message