Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:02:00 -0700 (MST) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: klh@us.oracle.com (Ken Harrenstien) Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD SCSI driver? Another soul lost in Deskpro XL limbo... Message-ID: <199903292202.PAA10772@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.4.922572306.klh@churchy20.us.oracle.com> from Ken Harrenstien at "Mar 27, 1999 2: 5: 6 pm"
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Ken Harrenstien wrote... > (I think this is the right list.) > > I'm wondering whether there are any plans for (or hope of) support for > the AMD AM79C974, which basically combines a 53C974 (PC-SCSI) with a > Lance (PC-NET). FWIW the specs are at: > http://www.amd.com/products/npd/techdocs/18681.pdf > > I recently picked up a Compaq Deskpro XL, which uses this chip, based > on the claims in the web sites of both FreeBSD and NetBSD that the > 53C794 was supported. > > Foolish me -- this turns out not to be the case, and I finally realized > this is why I can't install either of them. The FreeBSD people have > admitted that they dropped support without updating the documentation; > I'm not sure what the story is for NetBSD however. (Look at > http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/pci.html where it specifically lists the > AM53c974). All right, I must admit that I'm a little bit hacked off here. You made a fair bit of noise on the FreeBSD bugs list about your Compaq Deskpro XL and its SCSI controller, which you said: =================================================================== In 2.1.1 of the current Handbook, "Disk Controllers", last updated 2-Mar-1999, there is a list of devices known to be supported. This includes: NCR5380/NCR53400 (``ProAudio Spectrum'') SCSI controller. However, for the current FreeBSD release (3.1) this is incorrect. =================================================================== But *now* you say you have an AMD chip! As it turns out, there *is* a FreeBSD/CAM driver for the AMD 53c974, but it just hasn't been checked in yet. (Justin is still reviewing it.) It was written by a guy at Tekram. (they should be commended for their support for free software..) Anyway, before you complain, you should make sure that you're complaining about the right thing. If you had said that you were having trouble with getting an AMD chip working, you would have gotten the driver in short order. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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