Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 02:55:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: janb@cs.utep.edu Cc: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, Jamie Hermans <freebsd@hermans.ca>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Compaq Smart 2/E Controller Support... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108010255240.7687-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0107202203180.3929-100000@gecko>
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 janb@cs.utep.edu wrote: > I have the same issue. The problem is that EISA support is missing, so > unless you have the PCI card, you are SOOL Looks like its supported in -STABLE. > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jamie Hermans > > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:49 PM > > > To: stable@freebsd.org; hardware@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Compaq Smart 2/E Controller Support... > > > > > > Hi.... > > > > > > Reading through > > > http://seeberg.dk/freebsd/idaraid/smart-2_controllers.html, > > > I noticed the line: "The EISA controllers are not supported yet." > > > > > > Has the ida driver been "fixed" yet, in regards to EISA controllers (the > > > Compaq Smart 2/E in particular)? It doesn't appear so as of > > > 4.3-RELEASE, which identifies the controller on boot up, and then > > > promptly panics :( > > > > > > An alternative I guess, is to use the old 3.x (non-newbus) driver > > > ... but how? > > > > Not sure if this applies to your EISA card, but I do have a PCI version of > > that card in a ProLiant 1500. It takes a little "jockeying" around to make > > the ida driver work, but it does work fine. > > > > Have you tried installing FreeBSD similarly to the way you would with the > > PCI controller? With my controller before I learned the tricks to make it > > work, it would panic at that point as well, because Compaq's ultimate > > wisdom, they use the same vector addresses for the SMART 2/x controllers as > > the rest of the world uses for a standard IDE controller. > > > > Try doing an install treating it like the PCI version, and see if that > > works. It's worth a shot, right? That's my best guess... > > > > --- Andy > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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