Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 09:52:57 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: stesin@gu.net Cc: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu, se@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel XXpress again (was: 2 PCI busses, 2 AIC chips, 2.2.1. Howto ? Message-ID: <199704090022.JAA21738@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970407202815.18004c-100000@trifork.gu.net> from Andrew Stesin at "Apr 7, 97 10:25:27 pm"
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Andrew Stesin stands accused of saying: > > sorry for "replying" to my own message, but now the possibility > of FreeBSD-2.2.1 to occupy this Big Box forever has grown to almost > 100%... if only I knew the way to get FreeBSD recognize 2 PCI busses. :(( It should anyway - you want Stefan Esser's phone number though 8) > Now I can tell you what are the major (just biggest ones :) > chips on the backplane, all have "INTEL" on them: > > 1. PCIset S82374SB (I suspice that this chip is a clue..) That's almost certainly the PCI interface and PCI/ISA bridge. > 2. PCIset S82375SB (gets recognized as 82375EB? EISA works anyway) Yup, EISA bridge. > 3. A|M|I 9637LZR (chip is (c)1994 Intel, no idea what's it) That's probably the BIOS with an American Megatrends logo on it 8) > 4. XPC 637909-001 (no idea) > 5. XPD 637910-001 2 parts (no idea) Um, they sound a lot like FPGA or some other gate array parts. Do they have logos on them? > Just now I'm trying to boot a GENERIC with the increased size > of vty' history buffer -- otherwise no way to catch > all the messages esp. with "-v", PCI ones fly away, > too many of them. Unfortunately, building a "true" > FreeBSD boot floppy isn't so trivial. :( So no success yet... Stick a serial cable on com1 leading to another machine, and use the '-hv' boot flags to get it to use the serial console. > I'm considering this, but I don't trust my own skills of > hacking pretty unfamiliar kernel code to get production > system running in 2-3 days... I still hope that there already is > a solution... 2-3 days on a new platform? Is this your timeframe or your customer's? Whoever, they gotta be _nuts_! > Andrew Stesin -- ]] 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 [[
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