From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Apr 1 10:11:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA18687 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:11:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sendero.simon-shapiro.org (sendero-fddi.Simon-Shapiro.ORG [206.190.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA18464 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:10:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 2052 invoked from network); 1 Apr 1998 18:18:53 -0000 Received: from localhost.simon-shapiro.org (HELO sendero-fxp0.simon-shapiro.org) (@127.0.0.1) by localhost.simon-shapiro.org with SMTP; 1 Apr 1998 18:18:53 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-032998 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 10:18:53 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Tom Subject: RE: DPT PM334UW & 440LX -> no boot? Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 01-Apr-98 Tom wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > >> On 31-Mar-98 Tom wrote: >> > >> > I've heard that the 440LX chipset stomps on the BIOS on the DPT >> > PM33UW >> > causing booting to fail? >> >> On some motherboards. DPT is working on a solution and we will have it >> as >> soon as they give it to me. > > So in other words, this work around will need to be done in the DPT > driver? I would think that if the chipset is at fault, that you would > need a firmware upgrade from the motherboard vendor? Firmware upgrade will be one definite part of the solution. We may need to do something ugly in the driver, if the solution will have something to do with the DMA engine on the card. > I guess the ASUS P2L97 is one of the affected motherboards? I am not sure. Better ask DPT support. ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message