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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
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