From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 31 21:14:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1978716A420 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:14:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5222443D45 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:14:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0VLEE7v039057; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:14:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k0VLEEtC011197; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:14:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k0VLEEh1011196; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:14:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wb) Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:14:14 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Douglas K. Rand" Message-ID: <20060131211414.GD11033@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <878xswb15d.wl%rand@meridian-enviro.com> <20060131203534.GA10715@freebie.xs4all.nl> <8764o0b044.wl%rand@meridian-enviro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8764o0b044.wl%rand@meridian-enviro.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEC KZPSC X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:14:17 -0000 On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:42:19PM -0600, Douglas K. Rand wrote.. > Doug> I've found myself the owner of a Digital KZPSC-XB card. Just the card. :) > > Doug> I've got a couple of problems: The card doesn't seem to be > Doug> probed either by the SRM or detected by the mlx driver. > > Wilko> Is this the install kernel, so from the boot cd? What version > Wilko> FreeBSD are you using? > > Nope. (I should have made the clear in the first post, sorry.) I have > a working FreeBSD 6-STABLE on a SCSI disk connected to the onboard > controller. The kernel config is attached. Well... not really afaics? > Doug> And that message goes away if I boot the system with out the > Doug> card. The output of "ls -l" in the SRM doesn't show any > Doug> additional or missing devices when booted with or without the > Doug> card. > > Wilko> Hmm... What firmware is on the card? There are 1 or 2 flash > Wilko> ROMS which have a sticker on their back. IIRC the older KZPSC > Wilko> only have one chip, with 2.x (2.73??? memory is very dim > Wilko> here). > > There are two sockets for flash ROMs on the card: U34 and U47. U34 is > empty, and U47 is labled: > > 615156-F02 > V2.42 > U47 > DEC Does not sound too bad. That empty socket sounds OK. There were dual-flash models out there that the DEC PC division sold. They had bigger firmware images that (I think) did not work on Alpha. > Wilko> Well.. I just found a ZIPed copy of a 2003 floppy for the SWXCR > Wilko> card for (I hope..) Alpha. I can send you a copy in private > Wilko> email if you want. > > That'd be nice. (Assuming that rev 2.42 of the ROM doesn't make this > a door stop.) I do not think so. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org