From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 28 9:18:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3B7615434 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 09:18:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA00754; Fri, 28 May 1999 09:15:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199905281615.JAA00754@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Stephen McKay Cc: mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net Subject: Re: NCR SCSI Controller In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 May 1999 21:37:19 +1000." <199905281137.VAA05201@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 09:15:46 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Thursday, 27th May 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > >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. > > Ignoring the IDE for the moment... (Who knows with IDE anyway?!) > > I don't think he is SOL. My Diamond FirePort 40 has the same problem and > is cured by option SCSI_NCR_SYMBIOS_COMPAT. Stefan is just really, really > worried about the possibility of some hardware going spastic and blowing > up with this option on. > > But, I've seen this same discussion 4 times now, and NEVER has anybody said > "My card's LED didn't work. I set SCSI_NCR_SYMBIOS_COMPAT. It still doesn't > work." It works for me. It's worked for other people. As far as I know, > it always works like this: Bah, I forgot that option. I have one here where that doesn't work either. 8) -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message