From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Nov 22 11:30:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16A0D37B404 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:30:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FBB743E3B for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAMJU6Bt017541; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:30:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAMJU6TX017536; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:30:06 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 20:30:06 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Kirk Strauser Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATA on a Cabriolet? Message-ID: <20021122203006.B17435@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <874ra934yu.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <874ra934yu.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net>; from kirk@strauser.com on Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:10:49AM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:10:49AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I was recently given a PC64 system (consisting only of the motherboard, CPU, > and cache SIMMs). I have it running FreeBSD 4.7 now (which required > installing 4.6.2 and upgrading, since the 4.7 install floppies crashed while > loading the loader), and it's doing very well. For some reason, though, the > system can't seem to detect the onboard ATA. I am *very* new to working > with Alphas - this is the first one I've ever actually seen in person - so > I'm not sure how to proceed. Does SRM have to detect the device before > FreeBSD can see it? If so, how can I check that it's finding the ATA > correctly? My guess is you need to build a kernel with something like: device ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14 Guess, I cannot try this anymore as I don't have a PC64 anymore. Can you experiment a bit with this and let me/the list know? If you can get something working I will update the Alphas-specific docs. W/ -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message