From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 7 04:52:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA20166 for current-outgoing; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 04:52:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA20122 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 04:52:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost.grondar.za [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA19290; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 13:51:32 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199610071151.NAA19290@grumble.grondar.za> To: John Hay cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA2940 Ultra Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 13:51:32 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks! I found this 20mins ago! M John Hay wrote: > > A colleague at work has just got an AHA2940UA. At boot time > > the message is (abbreviated) > > > > PCI0:9 Adaptec device=6178 int a irq 10 [No driver assigned] > > > > Have you any experience with this card? If I just patch the source > > to treat it as a 2940 or 2940U do I have a reasonable chance of > > success? > > > > I made a few changes a while ago to make it work, but I think I saw > Justin committing support for it during the weekend. One problem I > had with the card (and my patches) was that when I did a reboot the > Adaptec BIOS did not see the disks anymore. It might have been my > patches, but some people suggested that it might be a firmware > problem. > > John > -- > John Hay -- John.Hay@mikom.csir.co.za -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key