From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 27 22:11:39 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id WAA06087 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:11:39 -0800 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA06081 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 22:11:37 -0800 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id GAA07379; Tue, 28 Nov 1995 06:05:14 GMT From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199511280605.GAA07379@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Better scsi and e-net support... To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 06:05:14 +0000 () Cc: mercierm@bose.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511280214.SAA22317@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Nov 27, 95 06:14:30 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1939 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Julian Elischer stands accused of saying:> > >> >> Sorry to be a jerk, but I find it hard to believe that there are more people >> out in the US that have a Compaq DeskPro XL or an HP Vectra XU that use the >> AMD PCI PCnet / PCscsi controller, other than myself. (since it is >> integrated into the motherboard) > never heard of it... > What drivers we have is dependent on what hardware is owned by > people who write drivers.. It appears that none of these people > have the AMD mumble chips :| The PCnet chip is a LANCE, and should be supported by the lnc driver. There was some talk a while ago about the Compaq PCI chipset - something about "fundamental brokenness", but I'm also led to believe that a solution was finally reached. (Check with the PCI gurus on that one) >> Is there someplace or someone that has a patch so I can at least install the >> damn OS? :| >> I have been trying to install FreeBSD v2.0 off and on since I bought it in IIRC, Walnut Creek will upgrade you to the latest version (2.1) free of charge, especially given the circumstances. You may also need a custom boot floppy and kernel to deal with the PCI unhappiness if you're on a Compaq. As for the SCSI side of things; I'd suggest investing another $40 or so on an NCR-based PCI SCSI controller. I can't see the AMD part being supported until someone comes up with a card with it on, and someone esle gives such a card to the PCI driver developers. >> Bitch, bitch, look-in-wallet-that-has-lost-forty-bucks, If you bought from WC, there's no need to bitch. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[