From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Dec 30 07:23:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA24359 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:23:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA24353 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:22:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.1/8.8.8) id HAA20338; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:22:34 -0800 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda20336; Wed Dec 30 07:22:31 1998 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA16077; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:22:25 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812301522.HAA16077@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdj16073; Wed Dec 30 07:22:08 1998 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-to: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy To: ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag.de cc: " - (052)stable(a)FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: 2.2.8 && CAM In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:47:01 +0100." <0006800007847535000002L052*@MHS> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:22:00 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <0006800007847535000002L052*@MHS>, ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag. de writ es: > > Hi ! > > I know this has been discussed several times, CAM won*%t make it into 2.2.x. > > But know I*%m bitten myself with this. > I want to build up a new high performance server. > Ideal would be an adaptec board called P2B-SL, which > contains an AIC 7890 amd an Intel 82558. > > The on board ethernet chip is supported by FreeBSD-STABLE I found in > the mailinglist archive. The AIC chip is only supported by CAM. > > Is there any possibility, to get a 2.2.8 system running with these components > , > or could we agree, that a 2.2.9 with CAM would be worth as last super stable > FreeBSD system in the 2.2.X line ? > > Or does somebody provide a CAM boot floppy, to get a FreeBSD system > installed and are there CAM patches for 2.2.8 (-STABLE) to patch the kernel > after installation ??? > > I have to build the system in mid of January, that is the timeframe .... > > Well, I could try to use a 3.0-STABLE system in the hope that the 3.0-STABLE > branch will be created at Jan 15th. But this doesn*%t bring me an installatio > n > media ... Or I*%d have to install 3.0 and upgrade it ... > > Recommendations ? What would you do ? The CAM patches will work on 2.2.8. I've had them running on my 2.2.8 desktop system at work for about a month. There is a catch however. They do not apply to the 2.2.8 source cleanly, requiring some manual editing of about 3 or 4 source files. IIRC, the files that had problems were a couple of Makefiles, mt.c, and another file. Once applied, they compiled cleanly and have run flawlessly for the past month. Prior to that the CAM patches ran flawlessly on a 2.2.7 and 2.2.6 system (same hardware). Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message