From owner-aic7xxx Sun Sep 20 10:31:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29616 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:31:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from einstein.phy.duke.edu (einstein.phy.duke.edu [152.3.182.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29611 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:30:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rgb@phy.duke.edu) Received: from ganesh.phy.duke.edu (rgb@ganesh.phy.duke.edu [152.3.183.52]) by einstein.phy.duke.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16681; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:30:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (rgb@localhost) by ganesh.phy.duke.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA08974; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:30:26 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ganesh.phy.duke.edu: rgb owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:30:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert G. Brown" To: Karen_White@dell.com cc: nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG, linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu, Jordan_Hargrave@dell.com, Stan_Merkin@dell.com Subject: RE: Is the Dell Poweredge 6300 OK with Linux? In-Reply-To: <5F97C32016F1D1119B1700A0C98422E71022B9@ausxmbrh05.us.dell.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 Karen_White@dell.com wrote: > Current versions of linux will not run on the Dell 6300. Doug Ledford is > putting > in a change for me in his aix7xxx driver so the driver will run. The code > in the kernel that > scans the pci bus is being changed as we speak to support scanning multiple > buses. The 6300 has 3 and the current code does not scan all of the buses. > > So, we (Dell) are currently working on getting Linux to run on the 6300 and > determining > what kernel changes need to be made to make it work. BTW, my previous message wan't intended to pick on Dell. I cannot say how pleased I am to see Dell make a commitment to getting linux running perfectly on their boxes, even to the extent of having a field engineer on this list. Other major hardware companies should see and take note. It really gives me confidence that whatever problems we might be having with our Dells at the moment, they are going to be transient and that we'll get years of truly reliable usage from them. Thank you, Karen! rgb Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@phy.duke.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message