Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 11:33:20 -0700 (MST) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@glacier.cold.org> To: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AHA 2940UW? Linux works.. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961224112845.27999A-100000@glacier.cold.org> In-Reply-To: <199612241825.MAA04322@jake.lodgenet.com>
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On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Eric L. Hernes wrote: > Brandon Gillespie writes: > >I REALLY need help with this, our server is continually rebooting since we > >installed the AHA 2940UW controller and new UltraSCSI drive. It is not a > > Have a look at ahc(4), /usr/src/sys/pci/aic7870.c, etc. There are serveral > options to play with. > > The 2940's got lots of knobs in the <ctrl-a> bootup menu too, one is > to disable ultra, maybe that'll do it... ahc(4) warns > about some drives (Quantum?) not working properly if the speed is set > to wide open. > > I just got a QuickTech motherboard with on-board aic7860; it's not quite > as good as the stand alone version, but it seems ok. I haven't done > a `make world' yet, but several kernel compiles. > > What version of FBSD are you running? I've got problems using 2.1.5 with > a Quantum ultra scsi driver on the ncr driver... it won't even boot. But > -current/2.2 works fine. It's not a problem because we're going to use > 2.2 anyway... FreeBSD 2.1.6. The controller is AHA 2940UW and the drive I have on it is a Seagate Hawk UltraSCSI 1.05 GB (ST30155N). I'll peek at the various options.. -Brandon Gillespie
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