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Date:      Thu, 27 May 1999 11:15:26 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Iani Brankov <ian@bulinfo.net>
Cc:        "Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson" <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NCR SCSI Controller 
Message-ID:  <199905271815.LAA01152@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 May 1999 01:21:04 %2B0300." <374C73D0.68358FE6@bulinfo.net> 

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> Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote:
> > 
> > This might sound odd but I thought I would ask anyways. I have a:
> > 
> >         ncr0: <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 0x04 int a irq 12 on pci0.17.0
> >         Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
> > 
> > When it boots up through the bios stage I see my HD indicator working. Once
> > system starts to boot I no longer get any activity on my HD indicator. Has
> > anyone else seen this?. Everything works but some times these stupid
> > indicators can help you when troubleshooting or when something odd is goiig on.
> > Just curious to know if I am not alone. If you need more info about the SCSI
> > controller let me know. It just is not my card. We have one at work that is
> > the same thing.
> 
> Yes. I experience the same problem, but with my builtin IDE led. After loading
> the wdc driver the led stays on, no matter is there disk activity or not. Almost
> the same rpoblem as yours.

Unrelated, but due to the same basic stuffup; bogus (nonstandard) 
hardware design in both cases.

The NCR card has the LED connected somewhere weird, and likewise your 
onboard IDE controller has done something funny with its LED.

You're both SOL, sorry.

-- 
\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\    -- Joseph Merrick           \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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