Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 18:18:47 -0500 From: Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> To: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Bob_Tracy <rct@gherkin.sa.wlk.com> Subject: Re: Adaptec 2930U2 problem followup Message-ID: <398B4F57.2AC40F02@cfl.rr.com> References: <m13KoLJ-00013TC@gherkin.sa.wlk.com>
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Bob_Tracy wrote: > > Been having problems with an Adaptec 2930U2 card in my machine at > the house. Naturally, it works fine with Win95. The problem has > been shown to be something peculiar to my motherboard after looking > at many test scenarios over the past several days. Basically, > there's no interrupt activity corresponding to the 2930U2 that > either Linux or FreeBSD can see. This results in an infinite > timeout/reset loop during driver initialization. > > While I'm still curious as to what the exact problem is, I have no > expectation that the answer is forthcoming anytime soon if at all. > Informed speculation is welcome: I *would* like to know how Win95 > is able to work with my system when my OS of choice cannot. The > motherboard is a bottom-feeder special (M537 VXPro). > > Time to go shopping for a new motherboard, and maybe spend a few > more bucks this time :-). > I'm using a 2930U. Latest aic7xxx driver. I've not had to much trouble with it. I have a Micro-Star Athlon MB. SuSe 6.4. 4 scsi disk, tape, and cdrw. I didn't ever see any of your symtoms posted. Probably was in a deleteing mode that day. What happens, and when? I don't know what the U2 model is. Mines just a 2930U. regards, -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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