Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:45:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov> To: msmith@freebsd.org Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 5-year old Mylex DAC960 too old? Message-ID: <200008081945.e78JjRT14931@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 ha
> ving:
> > } >
> > } > 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 seems not having setup utilities. No BIOS information.
The stickers on the back:
one at the handle side --
FCC ID: D5NDAC960PDU-3
one at the connector side --
W.O. APL90220-01
D040378-0
REV. F
On the front side, in the middle and on the top of the memory slot, there is
a green module labeled as
DAC960LB DB1
MYLEX CORP
> > 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.
The PROM u34 and u47 are labeled as
615151-F04
V3.50-0-9
and
615152-F04
V3.50-0-9
There is no sign on for the BIOS.
> > {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.
mlx0: <Mylex version 3 RAID interface> port 0xd000-0xd07f mem 0xe3000000-0xe300007f irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
mlx0: controller initialisation in progress...
It deadly hangs. No softboot, no key stroke accepted. Have to do hardware reset.
I have waited for at least 12 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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