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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:25:46 +0200
From:      Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mylex adapters with 2.x firmware and "couldn't map register window"
Message-ID:  <v04220804b5f000b76e4b@[195.238.1.121]>
In-Reply-To: <200009211703.KAA00726@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
References:  <200009211703.KAA00726@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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At 10:03 AM -0700 2000/9/21, Mike Smith wrote:

>>    4)  Add the line
>>           controller      asr
>>        to your kernel configuration file and rebuild/reinstall your kernel.

	When doing a "config -r KERNEL", I was told:

# config -r KERNEL
Removing old directory ../../compile/KERNEL:  Done.
config: line 123: Obsolete keyword 'controller' found - use 'device'
Don't forget to do a ``make depend''
Kernel build directory is ../../compile/KERNEL

>>  	I did not do step 3b, I instead elected to do step 4.  This way I
>>  don't have to worry about the additional manual "camcontrol rescan".
>
>  You don't have to do this if the module is loaded at boot time.

	Understood.  However, my personal preference is to have it built 
into the kernel.

>  Bug in the kit.  Say 'touch opt_asr.h' and try again, or just use the
>  module.

	Okay, will do.  Note, after testing, what has to be touched is 
/usr/src/sys/opt_asr.h, not /usr/src/sys/dev/asr/opt_asr.h, as I had 
erroneously first thought.

	Alternatively, you could just delete that line, or comment it out.  ;-)

>  Actually, it's a 3.x-ism that snuck in.  It's harmless in 4.x.

	The "controller asr" would appear to be another archaic 3.x-ism.  ;-)

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