Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:22:00 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag.de Cc: " - (052)stable(a)FreeBSD.ORG" <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.2.8 && CAM Message-ID: <199812301522.HAA16077@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Dec 1998 13:47:01 %2B0100." <0006800007847535000002L052*@MHS>
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In message <0006800007847535000002L052*@MHS>, ANDREAS.KLEMM.AK@bayer-ag. de writ es: > > Hi ! > > I know this has been discussed several times, CAM won*%t make it into 2.2.x. > > But know I*%m bitten myself with this. > I want to build up a new high performance server. > Ideal would be an adaptec board called P2B-SL, which > contains an AIC 7890 amd an Intel 82558. > > The on board ethernet chip is supported by FreeBSD-STABLE I found in > the mailinglist archive. The AIC chip is only supported by CAM. > > Is there any possibility, to get a 2.2.8 system running with these components > , > or could we agree, that a 2.2.9 with CAM would be worth as last super stable > FreeBSD system in the 2.2.X line ? > > Or does somebody provide a CAM boot floppy, to get a FreeBSD system > installed and are there CAM patches for 2.2.8 (-STABLE) to patch the kernel > after installation ??? > > I have to build the system in mid of January, that is the timeframe .... > > Well, I could try to use a 3.0-STABLE system in the hope that the 3.0-STABLE > branch will be created at Jan 15th. But this doesn*%t bring me an installatio > n > media ... Or I*%d have to install 3.0 and upgrade it ... > > Recommendations ? What would you do ? The CAM patches will work on 2.2.8. I've had them running on my 2.2.8 desktop system at work for about a month. There is a catch however. They do not apply to the 2.2.8 source cleanly, requiring some manual editing of about 3 or 4 source files. IIRC, the files that had problems were a couple of Makefiles, mt.c, and another file. Once applied, they compiled cleanly and have run flawlessly for the past month. Prior to that the CAM patches ran flawlessly on a 2.2.7 and 2.2.6 system (same hardware). Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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