Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:51:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: led <led@unter.encoding.com> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compaq Servers and FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990212115112.P71962@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19990212113728.N71962@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 11:37:28AM %2B1030 References: <199902120000.AAA24356@unter.encoding.com> <36C305EE.1DE98C12@sportingnews.com> <19990212113728.N71962@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Friday, 12 February 1999 at 0:00:11 +0000, led wrote: > > My vendor can't tell me what chipset compaq's SCSI adapters use > and they are not mentioned in the FreeBSD doc I have; Are they supported? You're the second person to ask this question today. Here's what I answered to the last one: On Friday, 12 February 1999 at 11:37:28 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 11 February 1999 at 11:31:42 -0500, Keith Camden wrote: >> We're thinking about upgrading a FreeBSD box that we have to a new >> computer. We have standardized on Compaq servers for our file servers in >> our organization, and I'm wondering if FreeBSD will support the built-in >> SCSI and Ethernet on the Compaq server. >> >> The server that we are looking at is a rack mount Compaq 1850R with a >> Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX embedded UTP Controller with full duplex >> Ethernet support and a Compaq Integrated Dual Channel Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 >> Controller. >> >> Will FreeBSD support the Compaq Ethernet card and SCSI controller? >> >> I've checked the FreeBSD support documentation on Ethernet Cards and >> Disk Controllers, and these cards do not appear. > >> From the 3.0 release information: > > (Ethernet boards) > > Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following: > Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port > Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP > Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC > > There's no mention of Compaq SCSI host adaptors there. Looking at my > saved messages, I find: > >> I believe all of the Compaq SCSI adaptors (except possible the RAID >> ones) are Symbios/NCR chipsets. At least out Proliant 2500 is, and >> there is just one Compaq SCSI HAM driver for Netware, so it must cover >> all the Compaq cards. >> >> -Dan Nelson >> dnelson@emsphone.com > >> The disk controller is a Symbios 53c876 >> (checked by looking at the actual chip), which appears as two 53c875's. >> Below is the boot -v output from 2.2.7. >> >> Anybody have an idea of why PCI probing fails in 3.0-19981006-BETA on this >> Compaq system? Anything more I can do to debug it? (Might try to install >> 3.0 "by hand" tomorrow - this is feasible since I have a running 2.2.7 >> system now, and plenty of disk space). >> >> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Calibrating clock(s) ... i586 clock: 332826782 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193275 Hz >> CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency >> CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method >> CPU: Pentium II (quarter-micron) (332.80-MHz 686-class CPU) >> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x651 Stepping=1 >> Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,<b16>,<b17>,MMX,<b24>> >> real memory = 603979776 (589824K bytes) >> Physical memory chunk(s): >> 0x00001000 - 0x0009efff, 647168 bytes (158 pages) >> 0x00221000 - 0x23ffdfff, 601739264 bytes (146909 pages) >> avail memory = 589602816 (575784K bytes) >> eisa0: <CPQ561 (System Board)> >> Probing for devices on the EISA bus >> pcibus_setup(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x00000000 >> pcibus_setup(1a): mode1res=0x80000000 (0x80000000) >> pcibus_check: device 0 is there (id=00051166) >> Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: >> configuration mode 1 allows 32 devices. >> chip0 <Ross (?) host to PCI bridge> rev 3 on pci0:0:0 >> vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 34 int a irq ?? on pci0:6:0 >> mapreg[10] type=0 addr=c5000000 size=1000000. >> chip1 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=0e11 device=0001 subclass=2)> rev 7 on pci0:15:0 >> chip2 <Ross (?) host to PCI bridge> rev 3 on pci0:17:0 >> pci0: uses 16777216 bytes of memory from c5000000 upto c5ffffff. >> Probing for devices on PCI bus 1: >> ncr0 <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 20 int a irq 9 on pci1:4:0 >> mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00005000 size=0100. >> mapreg[14] type=0 addr=c6ffdf00 size=0100. >> mapreg[18] type=0 addr=c6fff000 size=1000. >> reg20: virtual=0xf616ef00 physical=0xc6ffdf00 size=0x100 >> reg24: virtual=0xf616f000 physical=0xc6fff000 size=0x1000 >> ncr0: minsync=12, maxsync=137, maxoffs=16, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo >> ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver, using on-chip SRAM >> ncr0: restart (scsi reset). >> ncr0 scanning for targets 0..6 and 8..15 (V2 pl24 96/12/14) >> ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle >> (ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:0:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) >> (ncr0:0:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 >> sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access >> sd0(ncr0:0:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled >> sd0(ncr0:0:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) >> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) >> sd0(ncr0:0:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track >> (ncr0:1:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:1:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) >> (ncr0:1:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 >> sd1(ncr0:1:0): Direct-Access >> sd1(ncr0:1:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled >> sd1(ncr0:1:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) >> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) >> sd1(ncr0:1:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track >> (ncr0:4:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:4:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) >> (ncr0:4:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 >> sd2(ncr0:4:0): Direct-Access >> sd2(ncr0:4:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled >> sd2(ncr0:4:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) >> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) >> sd2(ncr0:4:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track >> (ncr0:5:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled(ncr0:5:0): 10.0 MB/s (200 ns, offset 15) >> (ncr0:5:0): "COMPAQ HD0093172C 3207" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 >> sd3(ncr0:5:0): Direct-Access >> sd3(ncr0:5:0): WIDE SCSI (16 bit) enabled >> sd3(ncr0:5:0): 40.0 MB/s (50 ns, offset 15) >> 8678MB (17773500 512 byte sectors) >> sd3(ncr0:5:0): with 6962 cyls, 12 heads, and an average 212 sectors/track >> ncr1 <ncr 53c875 fast20 wide scsi> rev 20 int b irq 10 on pci1:4:1 >> mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00005400 size=0100. >> mapreg[14] type=0 addr=c6ffde00 size=0100. >> mapreg[18] type=0 addr=c6ffe000 size=1000. >> reg20: virtual=0xf6170e00 physical=0xc6ffde00 size=0x100 >> reg24: virtual=0xf6171000 physical=0xc6ffe000 size=0x1000 >> ncr1: minsync=12, maxsync=137, maxoffs=16, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo >> ncr1: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver, using on-chip SRAM >> ncr1: restart (scsi reset). >> ncr1 scanning for targets 0..6 and 8..15 (V2 pl24 96/12/14) >> ncr1 waiting for scsi devices to settle > > In general, Compaq systems seem to cause problems. They're often not > quite compatible, and we hear of an above-average number of problems > with them. It would be a good idea to try booting a boot floppy and > seeing what it finds. > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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