From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 15 11:46:58 2004 Return-Path: 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 7D87516A4CF for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:46:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FD043D39 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:46:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9FBksf0091000; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:46:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9FBksev003813; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:46:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9FBksmw003812; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:46:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:46:53 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Maxim Mazurok Message-ID: <20041015114653.GA3792@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20041015075534.GG1446@km.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041015075534.GG1446@km.ua> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: isp(4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:46:58 -0000 On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 10:55:34AM +0300, Maxim Mazurok wrote.. > Sorry for small offtopic, but... > I have old alpha in production under FreeBSD: > > Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #5: Wed Apr 7 13:43:59 EEST 2004 > root@chinger.km.ua:/var/src/sys/compile/ALEPH > EB164 > Digital AlphaPC 164SX 533 MHz, 531MHz > 8192 byte page size, 1 processor. > CPU: PCA56 (21164PC) major=9 minor=2 extensions=0x1 > OSF PAL rev: 0x1000600020116 > real memory = 534921216 (522384K bytes) > avail memory = 516005888 (503912K bytes) > > Now, disks in this alpha - old SCSI on sym(4) controller. > I need change all disks in this server. > I have FC-AL isp(4) controller and some FC-AL disks. Controller and disks > are tested under freebsd-i386 and freebsd-sparc64 and worked perfectly. > > So, i have two questions: > > 1. anybody use isp(4) under freebsd-alpha? Not in production, I have used it for some experiments in the past. > 2. can alpha srm boot from isp(4) directly widthout any another disks in > system? Typicall not, given that the SRM console firmware for Fibrechannel only supports Emulex adapters. DEC/CPQ/HP only support Emulex on Alpha for Tru64 & OpenVMS, thats why. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org