From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jan 19 19:33:31 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA21462 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:33:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hawkwind.ncsa.uiuc.edu (hawkwind.ncsa.uiuc.edu [141.142.21.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA21456 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:33:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from koziol@hawkwind.ncsa.uiuc.edu) Received: (from koziol@localhost) by hawkwind.ncsa.uiuc.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA01491; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:33:19 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from koziol) Message-Id: <199901200333.VAA01491@hawkwind.ncsa.uiuc.edu> Subject: Re: DPT problems In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Jan 19, 1999 11:20:13 pm" To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:33:19 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG From: koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu Reply-To: koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Simon, I was hoping you'd be watching the list... :-) > koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu, On 19-Jan-99 you wrote: > > Howdy, > > I'm running 3.0-release (and impatiently waiting for the 3.0-stable > > release tomorrow.. :-) on an SMP box with an Adaptec 3940AUW on the Tyan > > S1836DLUAN motherboard. I've installed a DPT PM2654U2-R with 16MB of > > cache > > RAM in the system also, but I can't get the kernel to recognize my hard > > drive > > when it is trying to mount root, near the end of the booting process. > > It > > gets as far as saying "changing root device to da0s1a" and then whines > > about > > not finding the drive to mount as root. This is weird to me, since it's > > gotten > > this far by reading the kernel from the drive.. :-? I've attached my > > kernel > > config file below, can anyone point out any obvious problems? Perhaps > > this is > > already fixed in the current->stable tree and I can just download the > > stable > > source tomorrow when it's released? (knock on wood :-) I'm currently > > running > > fine (but slower than I want) from the on-board Adaptec controller. > > > > Thanks for any help, > > Quincey Koziol > > koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu > > Please help me out here. What exactly is a PM2654U2-R ? > I it by any chance a SmartCace V? One of the i2o, i960 based cards? > If so, I do not have the driver completed yet. If not, please give me some > more hardware details... Yes, it is a SmartCache V with the newer I2O & i960, etc. I noticed your posting that you are working on the driver for it, which is great! Do you have a good idea about when you might be finished? I'm a little cautious about being a beta tester (this machine is important and not backed up yet), but I'd like to help out if it'll help you get the driver written more quickly/easily. > BTW, it is very feasible for a DPT to allow you to boot, but not run; the > boot code uses BIOS calls and the DPT card emulates IDE via the SCSI BIOS. > The kernel, of course, does not use the BIOS, thus it sees but it does > not... Hmm, is there a way to enable the driver to use IDE calls until you finish the "native" driver for the card? Thanks, Quincey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message