Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:45:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov> To: msmith@freebsd.org Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is 5-year old Mylex DAC960 too old? Message-ID: <200008081945.e78JjRT14931@portnoy.lbl.gov>
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Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Wrote: > > } > I have a couple of 5-year old Mylex DAC960 adapters. The BIOS sees them ha > ving: > > } > > > } > Vendor ID = 1069 and the Device ID = 0200 > > } > > > } > But the 4.1-RELEASE cannot find it. > > } > > } This card might be an OEM version; can you check the BIOS/setup utilities/ > > } stickers on the board etc.? > > I'd still like to know what this board actually is. Are there *any* > identifying labels/marks on the board at all? It seems not having setup utilities. No BIOS information. The stickers on the back: one at the handle side -- FCC ID: D5NDAC960PDU-3 one at the connector side -- W.O. APL90220-01 D040378-0 REV. F On the front side, in the middle and on the top of the memory slot, there is a green module labeled as DAC960LB DB1 MYLEX CORP > > It look like that the firmware model is v3.5-0-9 (with two PROM), > > so I duplicated the second entry and changed D-ID from 0x0002 to 0x0200. > > I don't know anything specific about this firmware version; does the BIOS > on the card sign on at all? It should announce the BIOS and firmware > versions during system startup. The PROM u34 and u47 are labeled as 615151-F04 V3.50-0-9 and 615152-F04 V3.50-0-9 There is no sign on for the BIOS. > > {0x1069, 0x0200, 0x0000, 0x0000, MLX_IFTYPE_3, "Mylex version... > > Looks fine... > > > The booting process hangs firmly at -- > > > > mlx0: <Mylex version 3 RAID interface> ... ... > > mlx0: controller initialisation in progress... > > How long does it hang here? If the controller BIOS hasn't run (eg. there > is no BIOS, or the BIOS is not x86 code) then this process can take > several minutes. mlx0: <Mylex version 3 RAID interface> port 0xd000-0xd07f mem 0xe3000000-0xe300007f irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0 mlx0: controller initialisation in progress... It deadly hangs. No softboot, no key stroke accepted. Have to do hardware reset. I have waited for at least 12 minutes :-( > > What can I try next? > > The first goal is to work out what these adapters really are. If they're > an OEM model, but they still sign on, try updating the BIOS/firmware to > the most recent available for the board (3.52) with the tools from the > Mylex site. > > I'd also be interested to know whether the controller is coming up I/O > mapped only, or I/O and memory-mapped, or memory-mapped only (ie. the > rest of the mlx0: <blah> line. > > Regards, To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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