Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 07:42:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey <spidey@jsp.umontreal.ca> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> Cc: Jean-Francois Bigras <bigrasje@jsp.umontreal.ca>, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Using a DTC 3181x SCSI card under FBSD. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990601073358.5511A-100000@freed.ddns.org> In-Reply-To: <199906010602.AAA83608@panzer.plutotech.com>
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> Doug White wrote...
> > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> >
> > > Spidey wrote...
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Is there anyone who knows if there's a fbsd driver (or a open source
> > > > driver) for a SCSI card I received with my UMAX scanner? The scanner is a
> > > > UMAX astra 610s SCSI, and there is a weird SCSI card in it that looks
> > > > really crummy, but it's all I have.
> > > >
> > > > I think the card is a DTC 3181x or 3151x, from what some friend told me...
> > > > Anyone has some info on how I could use it under FBSD?
> > >
> > > There's no driver that I'm aware of for those boards. Unless that board
> > > can emulate a supported card, you're out of luck.
> >
> > Er? DTC usually uses NCR chips, I thought. 81X sounds like the NCR part
> > number (810 or 815).
>
> Hmm, I didn't realize that. Well, if that's the case, the best thing to do
> is just try the card out and see if it works.
Ok then I'll try this... I guess I must include something like:
controller ncr0
in my kernel, right?
> It might help if you can figure out what kind of chip is on there.
How do I determine this? I think I sent to the list the physical details
of the card, but here they are again...
On the box, there's a sticker with:
"Model no.: UDS-IS11 PC/ISA
P/N:970160-16"
There's another sticker with "1003005" on it.
On the card itself, there's a sticker with "REV: A S/N: H6808100377" and
it is written
"DTCT 436P
9747
002-D436P-001"
On a chip.
Otherwise, how can I determine what's the chip? How can I probe it?
> The DTC 3130 is listed as supported by the NCR driver (in the handbook
> and release notes), and from the DTC web site, it appears that that card
> has a Symbios chip on it.
Yes, I remarked that it was mentionned in the handbook, but there was no
associated driver. I found it weird that the handbook doesn't say which
driver supports which card. anyways...
> As for their other products, I have no idea
> whether they'll work. (They certainly don't come right out and say what
> sort of chips they use.)
>
> Is this a PCI or ISA card? What sort of chip is on the board?
ISA. What do you mean, what sort of chip?
> If it is an ISA card, the two ISA cards listed on DTC's web page claim that
> they're 100% compatible with Adaptec 1510/1520 boards. If that's what you
> have, you're out of luck, since the aic driver hasn't been rewritten for
> CAM yet.
Darn... Well that's still better than no compatibility at all! :)
I cc this to a friend who's got the same problems with the card, but on
Red Hat... He's moving to FBSD anyways... :))
thanks for all your support! It's greatly appreciated!
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à ses disciples -- soi-même non excepté.
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