Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:16:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 chicken-and-egg kernel situation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906192114160.55539-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990619054529.KFNB404633.mta1-rme@wocker>
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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > On 18 Jun 99, at 17:38, Doug White wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > I have a box (fred) which on which 3.* would not install because the PCI > > > SCSI controller was not recognized. 2.2.8 installs without a problem. > > > 3.* doesn't see the PCI controller. > > > > What brand/model of SCSI card? If it's not supported, it's not supported. > > It is supported in 2.2.8, but not the 3.* stream. Nor current. I'm told > it's because of the way in which the PCI bus is now initialised. > > This should tell you everything: > > FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 30 06:34:08 GMT 1998 > jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC > CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU) > real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) > avail memory = 30334976 (29624K bytes) > Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: > chip0 <Intel 82424ZX (Saturn) cache DRAM controller> rev 2 on pci0:0:0 > ncr0 <ncr 53c810 fast10 scsi> rev 1 int a irq 11 on pci0:1:0 > ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > (ncr0:0:0): "DEC RZ25M (C) DEC 0680" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 Ah, ok. > And here's the diff which allows the above to be seen during the 3.* install: > > RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/i386/isa/pcibus.c,v > retrieving revision 1.41 > diff -C2 -r1.41 pcibus.c > *** pcibus.c 1997/12/20 09:04:25 1.41 > --- pcibus.c 1999/06/07 11:58:58 If this has been committed to the 3.X tree, then the snap server at ftp://releng3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ will be helpful to you. That machine builds a release every day. Otherwise, you'll have to 'make release' or source upgrade yourself. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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