Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 13:42:48 +0000 () From: Ahmad Lokman <alhh@alur1.alurtenaga.com.my> To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> Cc: branson@widomaker.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AIC 7770 ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960919134000.20270A-100000@alur1.alurtenaga.com.my> In-Reply-To: <9609190240.AA09060@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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hello friend.... I've setup an internet server for my office using FreeBSD 2.1 Release. It is running on HP NetServer LC series on Pentium 100 processor. The NIC is 3com Etherlink III. I setup the server without any problem from the start until the end. The Boot disk was able to detect all the harware including the AIC 7770 Adaptec controller. just for your reference.... On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Daniel M. Eischen wrote: > > > I just got an HP Netserver to use as our mail/web/ftp/proxy server. > > It has a built on AIC 7770. I am wondering if I can use this scsi > > controller or should just go buy a NCR scsi controller and call it a > > day. > > > > I have read the RELNOTES and such... and see that the aha-27x are > > supported, and somone told me here that the 7770 is the same thing as > > the 27x series (its obviously not... but one can hope). Can someone > > clear this up for me? > > Well, the aic7xxx driver in 2.1.5-RELEASE (and subsequent) supports > the 274x, 284x, 294x, and 3940 host adapters, and the 7850, 7860, > 7770, 7870, and 7880 built-in controllers (in all flavors of Twin, > Wide, and Ultra). > > There is a known conflict with the 7770 and the uha driver. Disable > the uha driver if the 7770 isn't detected by the GENERIC kernel. > I've also seen mentioned that the most EISA slots configured into > the GENERIC FreeBSD kernel is 11 and that some HP Netservers can > have more than 11 EISA slots. This can also cause the 7770 to not > be detected by FreeBSD. I just checked the source code, the maximum > number of EISA slots looks to be 10, not 11. You can raise this > to a higher number by changing EISA_SLOTS in sys/i386/eisa/eisaconf.h. > > Please, someone correct me if I've got this wrong. Thanks. > > Dan Eischen > deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org >
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