From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jun 16 14:49:26 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 AA73937B722 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:49:22 -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 <20000616215010.OFCI10636.relay01@chello.nl>; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:50:10 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA13796; Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:49:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:49:16 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Alec Wolman Cc: wc.bulte@chello.nl, =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Roudier?= , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: does the sym driver work with the xp1000 pci scsi controller? Message-ID: <20000616234916.A13766@freebie.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <200006162131.OAA45980@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: <200006162131.OAA45980@miles.cs.washington.edu>; from wolman@cs.washington.edu on Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:31:37PM -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 02:31:37PM -0700, Alec Wolman wrote: > > > 4.0R HARDWARE.TXT? The only thing that I wrote in there that faintly appears > > relevant is: > > > > "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. Not all VGA cards will work behind the PCI-PCI > > bridge (so in slots 4 & 5). Only cards that implement VGA-legacy adressing > > correctly will work. Workaround is to put the VGA card 'before' the bridge." > > > > Where does it say the 83C895 does not work? It says that there are problems > > with NCR/Symbios based cards *ON HOSE 1*. Not that they don't work at all. > > My XP1000 came with all its disks attached to the Symbios PCI card, not > the Qlogic motherboard controller. I'm sorry, but it was the "connected > to hose 1" phrase that I mis-interpreted. I have no idea what a hose is, > so I figured that must be the PCI slot it comes in. OK, I understand that. A hose != PCI slot. A hose is DEC/CPQ speak for an high speed I/O channel to (e.g) a PCI bus controller. The PCI bus controller drives a number of PCI slots. I will write a clarification around this in HARDWARE.TXT cheers, -- 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