From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jun 16 14:23:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D22637C0A9 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:23:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 2ee4e7c625482f2f2a1950a80f6c8d58) with ESMTP id <20000616212423.NYLR10636.relay01@chello.nl>; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:24:23 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA13591; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:23:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:23:34 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Matthew Jacob Cc: Alec Wolman , groudier@club-internet.fr, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: does the sym driver work with the xp1000 pci scsi controller? Message-ID: <20000616232334.C13470@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <200006162113.OAA45907@miles.cs.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from mjacob@feral.com on Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:16:12PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:16:12PM -0700, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Perhaps this will make my question clearer. The following notes are > > from HARDWARE.TXT, in the section talking about the XP1000: > > > > " Expansion: > > Don't try to use NCR/Symbios-chip based SCSI adapters in the PCI slots > > connected to hose 1. There is a not-yet-found FreeBSD bug that prevents > > this from working correctly. " > > > > So my questions is, do any of the recent changes to the sym driver fix > > this problem. Or, is the problem with some other component of the OS? > > Yes- this is related to the Xp1000 port, not the Sym driver. And, no, I don't > know whether it's been fixed. Neither do I. The text for XP1000 in -current is still the same. Drew?? > It doesn't really matter, though, because insofar as I know, the XP1000 > doesn't have an onboard SYM- it has a Qlogic ISP chip. But you don't have to Yep, a Qlogic 1040 > attach to that (which does, btw, have problems in FreeBSD 4.0 that are still > not quite resolved). You can use the onboard IDE connections or blow one of > your PCI slots for either a Sym or another Qlogic card. Right.. -- Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org "Do, or do not. There is no try" wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl - Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message