From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun May 11 11:52:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA08901 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 11:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA08896 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 11:52:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA16642; Sun, 11 May 1997 13:52:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 13:52:42 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: John-Mark Gurney cc: Gavin Cameron , scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with a Toshiba SCSI CD-ROM In-Reply-To: <19970510163230.54733@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 10 May 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Gavin Cameron scribbled this message on May 10: > > > I've pulled the cover off to see what's under the hood and to see if there > > are any jumpers that control the "unix boot" mode, but I couldn't find any. > > I assume you saw jumpers... were they unlabeled? and how many of them > are there? if there are more than the ones for the ID you _MIGHT_ try > and remove one of them... I happen to have a manual for the drive in question. There are no "unix boot" mode jumpers. In addition to the three SCSI ID jumpers there are jumpers for: PARITY open: no parity check close: do parity check PRV/ALW open: the CD caddy can be removed closed: the CD caddy is locked TEST open: "normal" operation closed: audio only mode, SCSI interface is ignored TERMINATION open: shared terminator power is not in use closed: shared terminator power is in use -john From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun May 11 15:33:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA16181 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 15:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from capella.grayphics.com (root@capella.grayphics.com [207.211.152.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA16176; Sun, 11 May 1997 15:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (nick@localhost) by capella.grayphics.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id PAA09593; Sun, 11 May 1997 15:33:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 15:33:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Esborn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.1R + Adaptec 2940UW + Microp 3243WT spontaneous reboot Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I recently upgraded from 2.1.5-R to 2.2.1-R, and added a wide Micropolis 3243WT. Since the installation, the machine has spontaneously rebooted itself, and I cannot find anything in the logs to suggest why. I remember reading something recently about an updated ahc driver to fix this problem... is this the case? For reference, there were a few such reboots before the upgrade, over the course of 6-8 months. I had suspected then that they might be due to the SCSI card, but this was before I had heard of others having the same problem. Thank you in advance to anyone who is able to shed some light on this. Here is my most recent boot log: May 11 08:55:49 capella login: login from host131.flex.net as ali May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: Copyright (c) 1992-1996 FreeBSD Inc. May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE #0: Sat May 10 21:20:16 PDT 1997 May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/CAPELLA May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: CPU: Pentium Pro (233.09-MHz 686-class CPU) May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x617 Stepping=7 May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: Features=0xfbff,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV> May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: real memory = 100663296 (98304K bytes) May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: avail memory = 94830592 (92608K bytes) May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: chip0 rev 2 on pci0:0 May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: chip1 rev 1 on pci0:7:0 May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: chip2 rev 0 on pci0:7:1 May 11 09:10:09 capella /kernel: ahc0 rev 0 int a irq 15 on pci0:13 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: (ahc0:0:0): "MICROP 3243WT P429" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 4095MB (8388315 512 byte sectors) May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: (ahc0:2:0): "SEAGATE ST43400N 1022" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 2777MB (5688447 512 byte sectors) May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: de0 rev 17 int a irq 14 on pci0:14 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: de0: DE500-XA 21140 [10-100Mb/s] pass 1.1 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: de0: address 00:00:f8:01:1d:27 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: de0: enabling 10baseT port May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: vga0 rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:15 May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: Probing for devices on the ISA bus: May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sio0: type 16550A May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: sio1: type 16550A May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: fdc0: NEC 72065B May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: npx0 on motherboard May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: npx0: INT 16 interface May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: gus0 at 0x220 irq 11 drq 1 flags 0x3 on isa May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: gus0: May 11 09:10:10 capella /kernel: WARNING: / was not properly dismounted. Nick Grayphics http://www.grayphics.com/ From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun May 11 21:29:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA27897 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 21:29:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@pluto100.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA27892; Sun, 11 May 1997 21:29:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id WAA17659; Sun, 11 May 1997 22:29:01 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705120429.WAA17659@pluto.plutotech.com> To: Nick Esborn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.1R + Adaptec 2940UW + Microp 3243WT spontaneous reboot In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 11 May 1997 15:33:19 PDT." Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 23:26:57 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I recently upgraded from 2.1.5-R to 2.2.1-R, and added a wide Micropolis >3243WT. Since the installation, the machine has spontaneously rebooted >itself, and I cannot find anything in the logs to suggest why. I remember >reading something recently about an updated ahc driver to fix this >problem... is this the case? You should be running 2.2-stable on any machine that you think is important. 2.2-stable can be obtained via CVSup by pulling the RELENG_2_2 branch. Details on using CVSup can be found in the FreeBSD handbook at www.FreeBSD.org. There were several bug fixes to the aic7xxx driver after 2.2.1R and you will get all of them if you upgrade your sources to 2.2-stable and rebuild the world. (Just rebuilding the kernel may work, but there may be some other changes in 2.2-stable that will not make this work). -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations =========================================== From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun May 11 22:34:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA00401 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 22:34:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00395 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 22:34:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA03904; Mon, 12 May 1997 15:04:21 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705120534.PAA03904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Parallel port Zip units To: scsi@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 15:04:20 +0930 (CST) Cc: imp@village.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Just doing my homework on the parallel-port Zip unit here. Firstly (Warner, you asked), you can't hack in between the ppa adapter and the Zip proper; the SCSI and parallel port versions appear to have different PCBAs. Second, does anyone (Justin?) have any idea where data on the Adaptec AIC-7110Q might be had? I suspect that it's the relevant device here. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun May 11 22:49:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA00876 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 11 May 1997 22:49:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA00868 for ; Sun, 11 May 1997 22:49:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rover.village.org [127.0.0.1] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.60 #1) id 0wQnyP-0003OP-00; Sun, 11 May 1997 23:48:37 -0600 To: Michael Smith Subject: Re: Parallel port Zip units Cc: scsi@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 12 May 1997 15:04:20 +0930." <199705120534.PAA03904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199705120534.PAA03904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 23:48:37 -0600 From: Warner Losh Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199705120534.PAA03904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Michael Smith writes: : Second, does anyone (Justin?) have any idea where data on the Adaptec : AIC-7110Q might be had? I suspect that it's the relevant device here. I recently called Adaptec (on Justin's advice with the following information he gave me) and was told I'd get documents in 7-10 days. Anyway, you should be able to call their Technical Documents department. The first time I had touble and they transferred me to pre-sales. Don't let them do that if you can avoid it. This is the right place to call. Their number is 800-934-2766. The first person I talked to was clueless. The second person I got a day later was very good and was able to help me to the extent that her stocks of literature would allow. Warner From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon May 12 03:26:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA10149 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Mon, 12 May 1997 03:26:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pahtoh.cwu.edu (root@pahtoh.cwu.edu [198.104.65.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA10144 for ; Mon, 12 May 1997 03:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from opus.cts.cwu.edu (skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu [198.104.92.71]) by pahtoh.cwu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA28695; Mon, 12 May 1997 03:26:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (skynyrd@localhost) by opus.cts.cwu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id DAA19730; Mon, 12 May 1997 03:26:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 03:26:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Timmons To: Nick Esborn cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.1R + Adaptec 2940UW + Microp 3243WT spontaneous reboot In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nick, Something else you might try (after upgrading to 2.2-STABLE) would be to set up a serial console and trap the output with a printer, another machine running kermit, Paul Vixie's rtty, etc. In the past I've trapped clues to mystery reboots which otherwise were being lost. I also had a narrow 3243 which I finally sent back after a year+ of suffering with it. Under any kind of high load (eg. amanda backups, bonnie, etc) the drive would spin down and require a power-off reset before working again. (Your machine actually reboots all the way and comes back up, right?) Hopefully the -WT version of the drive is much newer than mine and really only needs Justin's latest to work great. I'm tracking 2.2-STABLE with 3940UW controllers, Atlas I and Barracuda drives and see nothing but stability and high performance since the last driver changes made just ahead of 1997-May-01. -Chris From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon May 12 22:51:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA02023 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Mon, 12 May 1997 22:51:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA02003 for ; Mon, 12 May 1997 22:51:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id HAA16814 for scsi@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 13 May 1997 07:51:03 +0200 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA09389; Tue, 13 May 1997 07:49:15 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19970513074914.DU21744@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 07:49:14 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel port Zip units References: <199705120534.PAA03904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.60_p2-3,5,8-9 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: ; from Warner Losh on May 11, 1997 23:48:37 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Warner Losh wrote: > Don't let them do that if you can avoid it. This is the > right place to call. Their number is 800-934-2766. I think that won't help Mike much. He needs a non-800 number. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri May 16 06:19:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA27755 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 16 May 1997 06:19:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.ukrv.de (gatekeeper.ukrv.de [193.175.72.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA27749 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 06:19:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by gatekeeper.ukrv.de; (5.65/1.1.8.2/17Oct95-0336PM) id AA28011; Fri, 16 May 1997 15:19:09 +0200 Received: from mailhost(193.175.66.33) by gatekeeper.ukrv.de via smap (V1.3-JSC) id sma011885; Fri May 16 15:18:45 1997 Received: from merlin.ukrv.de by mailhost.ukrv.de; (5.65/1.1.8.2/08Mar95-0213PM) id AA25518; Fri, 16 May 1997 15:18:45 +0200 Received: by merlin.ukrv.de (4.1/UKRV-Gen PCG 0.1) id AA21560; Fri, 16 May 97 15:18:44 +0200 From: Udo Wolter Message-Id: <9705161318.AA21560@merlin.ukrv.de> Subject: Some SCSI questions To: scsi@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 15:18:44 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi ! I have some general questions regarding SCSI. First I'll show my System: left end: Pioneer CD Rom (10x) terminated middle: HP 2GB, Quantum 3.2GB, Adaptec 2940AU, Philips CDD2000 right end: Fujitsu 1GB When I'm working with this configuration I sometimes has the problem that the Fujitsu is goin' down for some seconds and then it goes up again. It has nothing to do with the cables because I switched them with other devices but there were only these dropouts at the Fujitsu disk. While I've been writing CDs it often happened that the test is goin' through but the real write crashes. There's no error message, the whole machine is standing still. Yesterday I took the Fujitsu disk off the bus and put the Philips CDD at the right end of the chain (terminated). There were absolutely no problems during writing (by the way: I'm writing CDs still under Win95 on a P133 which should be fast enough.) Before taking off the Fujitsu disk the buffer bar was jumping a little bit. After removing the disk it was standing still. Maybe the Fujitsu disk isn't able to terminate correct ? It has only a grey block (named RM...) which seems to be a terminator. Maybe this is an automatic terminator ? Would it be a problem if I put the disk into the chain and not at the end ? Another thing: the Quantum is an Ultra SCSI disk. I want to ride Ultra SCSI on it, but I don't have any active terminators. Is it possible to do it whith the Pioneer and the Philips at both ends ? Are they using active termination or not ? The next problem is: When I'm not using the CD writer I switch it off (not during the bus is running). Will it terminate anyway ? Will the termination work even if it's an active termination ? As long as this Fujitsu disk is further making trouble maybe I should change it. When I'm running FreeBSD and it drops off, it sometimes panics the system (not the Adaptec bug with heavy load !). Can anyone help me ? What would you do ? Bye, Udo P.S.: The Adaptec is in the middle because some of my devices (Philips & Fujitsu) are not in my tower, they're external... -- Udo Wolter, email: uwp@cs.tu-berlin.de !!! LOW-TECH Page: http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~uwp/low-tech.html !!! From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat May 17 16:22:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA19088 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 17 May 1997 16:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moon.aa.net (moon.aa.net [204.157.220.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA19081 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 16:22:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from miles.aa.net (cust37.max4.seattle.aa.net [206.125.78.37]) by moon.aa.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA02289 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 16:22:28 -0700 X-Intended-For: Received: from miles.aa.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by miles.aa.net (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id QAA24860 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 16:22:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705172322.QAA24860@miles.aa.net> Reply-To: reggie@aa.net X-Mailer: MH 6.8.4 To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Mylex/BusLogic: 948/958 support? Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 16:22:35 -0700 From: "Reginald S. Perry" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi there. last year in November I believe, I pointed someone to the web page for the maintainer of the Buslogic drivers for Linux. I got the impression that support in FreeBSD would be forthcomming. My question is has this happened yet. I have a soft spot for the Buslogic card basically because I have a 445S in my 486 right now. Late this year or early next year, I am planning to put together a new machine and I am currently planning to get a 958. This is why I am interested in support for this card. The URL for this page is http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ He seems to get fantastic support from the Mylex people and I dont see why the same cannot be true for us. -Reggie From owner-freebsd-scsi Sat May 17 17:02:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA20361 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sat, 17 May 1997 17:02:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@pluto100.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA20354 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 17:02:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id SAA05600; Sat, 17 May 1997 18:02:11 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199705180002.SAA05600@pluto.plutotech.com> To: reggie@aa.net cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mylex/BusLogic: 948/958 support? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 17 May 1997 16:22:35 PDT." <199705172322.QAA24860@miles.aa.net> Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 19:00:41 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Hi there. last year in November I believe, I pointed someone to the web >page for the maintainer of the Buslogic drivers for Linux. I got the >impression that support in FreeBSD would be forthcomming. My question >is has this happened yet. I have a soft spot for the Buslogic card >basically because I have a 445S in my 486 right now. Late this year or >early next year, I am planning to put together a new machine and I >am currently planning to get a 958. This is why I am interested in >support for this card. The 958 *is* supported by FreeBSD, although the driver does not take full advantage of this card's features. >The URL for this page is http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ > >He seems to get fantastic support from the Mylex people and I dont see >why the same cannot be true for us. It's never been about getting support from Mylex. Its a matter of having someone with the knowhow for updating the driver having the time to do the work. >-Reggie -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================