From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 26 00:16:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA24444 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:16:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA24438; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:16:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA17996; Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608260707.AAA17996@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers), rmc@co.ip.pt, gibbs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD SCSI instalation problem Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 00:07:09 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 08:48:56 +0200 (MET DST) J Wunsch wrote: > I'm not sure, i've heard rumours that this machine has the SCSI > controller on the unexpectedly (for our EISA code) high EISA slot > number of 10 or 11. > > Do you have the chance to install it using another controller, so you > can rebuild a kernel there? The source code patch should be very > simple, but unless somebody can create a new boot floppy for you, it's > a bit tricky to install it then. > > Justin? Is it possible to bump EISA_SLOTS to 12? For reference, NetBSD/i386 always looks at 16 EISA slots, and I've not observed any ill effects... -- save the ancient forests - http://www.bayarea.net/~thorpej/forest/ -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939