Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 11:40:55 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 5-year old Mylex DAC960 too old? Message-ID: <200008081840.LAA13014@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Aug 2000 11:18:09 PDT." <200008081818.e78II9g12164@portnoy.lbl.gov>
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> Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Wrote:
> } > I have a couple of 5-year old Mylex DAC960 adapters. The BIOS sees them having:
> } >
> } > Vendor ID = 1069 and the Device ID = 0200
> } >
> } > But the 4.1-RELEASE cannot find it.
> }
> } This card might be an OEM version; can you check the BIOS/setup utilities/
> } stickers on the board etc.?
I'd still like to know what this board actually is. Are there *any*
identifying labels/marks on the board at all?
> It look like that the firmware model is v3.5-0-9 (with two PROM),
> so I duplicated the second entry and changed D-ID from 0x0002 to 0x0200.
I don't know anything specific about this firmware version; does the BIOS
on the card sign on at all? It should announce the BIOS and firmware
versions during system startup.
> {0x1069, 0x0200, 0x0000, 0x0000, MLX_IFTYPE_3, "Mylex version...
Looks fine...
> The booting process hangs firmly at --
>
> mlx0: <Mylex version 3 RAID interface> ... ...
> mlx0: controller initialisation in progress ...
How long does it hang here? If the controller BIOS hasn't run (eg. there
is no BIOS, or the BIOS is not x86 code) then this process can take
several minutes.
> What can I try next?
The first goal is to work out what these adapters really are. If they're
an OEM model, but they still sign on, try updating the BIOS/firmware to
the most recent available for the board (3.52) with the tools from the
Mylex site.
I'd also be interested to know whether the controller is coming up I/O
mapped only, or I/O and memory-mapped, or memory-mapped only (ie. the
rest of the mlx0: <blah> line.
Regards,
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