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Date:      Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:09:22 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        wc.bulte@chello.nl, Shawn Barnhart <swb@grasslake.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How good is AMI MegaRAID support?
Message-ID:  <20000429110922.A383@yedi.wbnet>
In-Reply-To: <200004282318.QAA00966@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 04:18:11PM -0700
References:  <20000428222718.A596@yedi.wbnet> <200004282318.QAA00966@mass.cdrom.com>

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On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 04:18:11PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> > Some of the early DAC960s (below a specific buildnr) cannot be upgraded past
> > 2.x firmware. I went through this exercise once with a DEC StorageWorks
> > RAidarray 230 which is also a DAC960 based array.
> 
> Actually, the issue is much simpler than this (with the PCI adapters) - 
> the 2.x firmware fits in one flash part, while the 3.x firmware needs 
> two.  Many of the 2.x-vintage adapters around have two sockets, but the 
> 2.x firmware doesn't know how to talk to the second one to step you up to 
> 3.x.

Most DEC RA230 I have seen only had one flash chip (in a socket). There was
no second socket. But you might be lucky and have one with a second socket.
Or solder a 2nd onto the board (it is SMD..)

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