Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:30:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers. Message-ID: <200307212230.h6LMUDlT016592@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/42977; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>,
<freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>, <qa@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10.
Causes issues with NetServers.
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 08:23:16 +1000 (EST)
This is mentioned in LINT/NOTES already:
# By default, only 10 EISA slots are probed, since the slot numbers
# above clash with the configuration address space of the PCI subsystem,
# and the EISA probe is not very smart about this. This is sufficient
# for most machines, but in particular the HP NetServer LC series comes
# with an onboard AIC7770 dual-channel SCSI controller on EISA slot #11,
# thus you need to bump this figure to 12 for them.
options EISA_SLOTS=12
Maybe it should be mentioned in the Harware Notes for current releases,
including the workaround.
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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au
Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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