Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:53:40 -0700 (PDT) From: dnsadmin@aeonflux.ent To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: i386/11681: Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI Controller BIOS 1.34.3 wont work under 3.1R Message-ID: <19990513065340.B884B153BE@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 11681 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI Controller BIOS 1.34.3 wont work under 3.1R >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu May 13 00:00:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: James F. Porter >Release: 3.1R >Organization: Aeon Flux Enterprises, Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD www2.aeonflux.net 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #3: Fri Apr 30 16:38:58 EDT 1999 root@www2.aeonflux.net:/usr/src/sys/c ompile/WWW2 i386 >Description: We run a variety of PC's with the AHA 2940UW controller. ALL systems work perfectly as long as we don't use a BIOS revision higher than 1.26. Bios revisions above that including the current 1.34.3 latest AHA 2940UW shipping bios keep generating SCSI BUS Resets. And the system never loads even if you are NOT booting from the SCSI device. The O/S cycles thru ah0 0:0:0:0 thru 0:0:15:0 and then starts over. It doesn't even matter whether a drive is connected or not. This is a major problem for us (we're an small ISP) as we can no longer obtain cards with the 1.26 or earlier bios and Adaptec as specifically said that the 1.34.3 should be used because of all the fixes in it. >How-To-Repeat: simply put ANY Adaptec 2940UW PCI SCSI controller in a PC with a bios revision higher than 1.26 and the problem automatically repeats. >Fix: none. we need one desperately as this is holding up our entire upgrade program. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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