From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 26 17:12:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA26905 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:12:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA26771 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA20098; Wed, 27 May 1998 09:42:16 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980527094215.V24133@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:42:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jose M. Alcaide" , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with Iwill PIILS motherboard References: <355C4FA9.F3012FF3@we.lc.ehu.es> <356ACA0A.2298EFF@we.lc.ehu.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <356ACA0A.2298EFF@we.lc.ehu.es>; from Jose M. Alcaide on Tue, May 26, 1998 at 03:56:26PM +0200 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 26 May 1998 at 15:56:26 +0200, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > I have just purchased a new system for running FreeBSD. It is > based on the Iwill PIILS motherboard, which uses the 440LX > chipset and includes an Adaptec 7880 SCSI controller. > I'm running FreeBSD-stable now, but I have detected two problems: > > First, the serial ports are not detected. I know that this problem > also happens with other Iwill MBs and some Compaqs. I have found > that two tests made by the sio driver fail (tests numbered 5 and 8). > If I disable both tests, the serial ports are detected and work > fine. However, I would like to know if someone is working on > a patch for this problem. If there isn't any known solution, a > new kernel config option (SIO_PROBLEM, for example) would be > very useful. Interesting that you could get it to work by disabling the tests. I couldn't with mine. Anyway, a patch is available. Collect it at http://www.lemis.com/serial-port-patch.html. > The second problem is related to SCSI. When the AHC driver > tries to read the 7880's SEEPROM, the operation fails with > a "cheksum error". I'm afraid that the 7880 chip on my PIILS > motherboard is different (perhaps another version?): for example, > I cannot choose the termination type using the Adaptec SCSI BIOS > ("High ON/Low ON", "High ON/Low Off"...); instead, I can only select > "Enable" or "Disable". However, the "cheksum error" trying to read > the 7880's SEEPROM does not prevent the AHC driver from working > properly. Until now, I can access to my SCSI disk and CD-ROM without > any problem. > > These are the codes on the chip surface: > > AIC7880P > AQWA 750 > 722511 > BF3671.1 > > If the 7880 SCSI controller on my PIILS motherboard is a new > version, or it has any kind of difference, I'm ready to make > any tests on my system; however, in this case I will need some > help from the person(s) responsible of the AHC driver. This is for the SCSI people to answer. I don't know if they monitor this mailing list. If you don't get an answer in a day or two, try sending this information to FreeBSD-scsi. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message