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Date:      Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:59:47 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
Cc:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: EISA support for AS2100 ("Sable")
Message-ID:  <15024.55523.759280.862398@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103150030130.54019-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
References:  <15024.16652.75941.750262@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103150030130.54019-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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Matthew N. Dodd writes:
 > On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
 > > I'll be happy to make you an account on the 2100 at BSDI; just say the
 > > word.  
 > 
 > Have you got it hooked up to a serial console?

Yes.  Details in private email to follow.

 > > I seem to remember that when we last talked about this, enabling the
 > > EISA code on that 2100 led to the fddi adapter being probed properly,
 > > but the EISA fddi driver was failing to attach the device.  Nobody on
 > > the west coast could come up with another EISA board that they could
 > > eisacfg into the system & we didn't know if it was a fundamental EISA
 > > problem on alpha, or just a problem with the fddi driver..
 > 
 > Since I (re)wrote the EISA 'fea' front end I wouldn't be surprised if it
 > was a problem with the driver.
 > 
 > I'll put together an assortment of EISA cards and ship them to you at some
 > point so we can have a few more test subjects available.

Eeek, no.  Don't ship them to me.  I'm in North Carolina, the AS2100
is at BSDI in California.

Drew

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