Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 08:19:02 -0700 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: "Long, Scott" <Scott_Long@adaptec.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux Works (Was: Re: Upgrade from 4.6-STABLE (July) to 4.7-STABLE loses SCSI card?) Message-ID: <20021128151901.GB37417@hollin.btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20021128100656.M16724-100000@hub.org> References: <20021128094423.E16724-100000@hub.org> <20021128100656.M16724-100000@hub.org>
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 10:07:54AM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > *sigh* booting from the slackware adaptec.s boot disk see both channels > of the controllers, but reports the card as 3960D, if that helps any? > Ok, this doesn't really prove much other than Slackware can see the card and FreeBSD can't. As for the '3960D' bit, that's fine. Scott > > > > On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Scott Long wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 04:35:08PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Scott Long wrote: > > > > > > > > > This hasn't changed since 4.6 and isn't the problem. The pciconf and > > > > > dmesg that you posted show that the PCI ID's for your 39160 aren't even > > > > > getting probed by the OS. I imagine that this card is the only card > > > > > consuming a PCI slot, with everything else being on the motherboard, > > > > > yes? If so, there could be a problem where the PCI bridge that controls > > > > > the slots isn't being probed correctly. That's why it would be nice to > > > > > see the dmsg/pciconf from 4.6. > > > > > > > > Okay, now I'm confused ... I just downgraded to RELENG_4, from July 1st: > > > > > > > > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4 date=2002.07.01.00.00.00 > > > > > > > > And I still can't see the card ... I'm starting to wonder if I saw the > > > > card in the first place, except that that server has been running well > > > > *since* July ... > > > > > > > > The really stupid thing is that the motherboard BIOS is seeing the card, I > > > > can go into the BIOS and it shows the card in slot4, and I can go into the > > > > card and probe all the drives ... > > > > > > > > > > I have no doubts whatsoever that the system BIOS can see the card. However, > > > something seems to be broken in FreeBSD, and from the little bit of > > > information that you provided, it's not the ahc driver that is at > > > fault. Since I don't have any IBM servers nearby that I can experiment > > > with, I really need as much information from you as possible. If > > > 4.6 from the install floppies works, then please, please, please post > > > the dmesg and pciconf output from that. > > > > Hi Scott ... > > > > I'm *really* growing to hate IBM servers ... the @#$@#$$ box has no > > non-64bit slots in her, so I can't even test a different card to see if > > it can register any cards on the PCI bus :( The only 64bit cards I have, > > other then that one adaptec, is a ServeRAID-4 card, but from what I can > > find on the web, its not support yet ... ? > > > > I'm downloading a linux boot disk right now, to see if it can recognize > > the card and will work from that ... > > > > Thanks ... > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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