Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 13:24:43 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using NCR810 with 2.0.5.R Message-ID: <199511241224.AA05080@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> "Re: using NCR810 with 2.0.5.R" (Nov 23, 19:57)
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On Nov 23, 19:57, Wilko Bulte wrote: } Subject: Re: using NCR810 with 2.0.5.R } > } When testing a NCR810 card I got cheaply (~ $20) using 205R I noticed } > } some strangeness when I tried disklabel on a virgin disk. Quite a } > } lot of messages from the ncr driver about some assert/assumption } > } failing and then a sort of scsi bus lockup. } > } > What drive brand/model was that ? } } Saw it both a Quantum (DEC RZ28) and a Seagate 4Gb Barracuda (DEC RZ29B). } I work for DEC, so that's why I do know the RZxx but not the actual } model# Hmm, the Barracuda ought to work fine, maybe the RZ29B got different firmware ??? } > } General question: I plan to put this 810 in my to-be-bought Pentium. } > } Is 205R generally stable with a 810 or do I need 2.1R ? } > } > 2.1R should have this fixed. You'll only need } > to boot the boot floppy, since the assertion } > failure is at probe time ... } } ? Que? What do you mean exactly? Well, it might be a good idea to once boot from the 2.1R boot floppy, and to see whether the drives are recognized and operational. If they aren't then I'll make you one of the beta testers for the upcoming new code that deals with multi-byte SCSI messages ... :) The changes will make the host control sending of long messages (which are used for synch./wide negotiation) and this will allow writing verbose transaction logs, if the drive doesn't behave as expected ... } My _home_ system will wait with the upgrade till the Pentium board } is installed. I could try 2.1R with a number of different drives } on the machine at work. If there is a drive that didn't work under 2.0.5R and still doesn't under 2.1R, then I'd really want to know about it. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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