Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:04:09 -0600 (MDT) From: <janb@cs.utep.edu> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> Cc: Jamie Hermans <freebsd@hermans.ca>, <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Compaq Smart 2/E Controller Support... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0107202203180.3929-100000@gecko> In-Reply-To: <002901c11191$47432f40$0e00000a@tomcat>
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I have the same issue. The problem is that EISA support is missing, so unless you have the PCI card, you are SOOL JAn On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jamie Hermans > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:49 PM > > To: stable@freebsd.org; hardware@freebsd.org > > Subject: Compaq Smart 2/E Controller Support... > > > > Hi.... > > > > Reading through > > http://seeberg.dk/freebsd/idaraid/smart-2_controllers.html, > > I noticed the line: "The EISA controllers are not supported yet." > > > > Has the ida driver been "fixed" yet, in regards to EISA controllers (the > > Compaq Smart 2/E in particular)? It doesn't appear so as of > > 4.3-RELEASE, which identifies the controller on boot up, and then > > promptly panics :( > > > > An alternative I guess, is to use the old 3.x (non-newbus) driver > > ... but how? > > Not sure if this applies to your EISA card, but I do have a PCI version of > that card in a ProLiant 1500. It takes a little "jockeying" around to make > the ida driver work, but it does work fine. > > Have you tried installing FreeBSD similarly to the way you would with the > PCI controller? With my controller before I learned the tricks to make it > work, it would panic at that point as well, because Compaq's ultimate > wisdom, they use the same vector addresses for the SMART 2/x controllers as > the rest of the world uses for a standard IDE controller. > > Try doing an install treating it like the PCI version, and see if that > works. It's worth a shot, right? That's my best guess... > > --- Andy > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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