Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:33:49 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.co.za> Cc: groudier@club-internet.fr, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/scripts dokern.sh Message-ID: <200007290933.CAA52976@netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from John Hay <jhay@icomtek.co.za> of "Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:22:52 %2B0200." <200007290922.e6T9Mqc78590@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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John Hay wrote:
> >
> > > * Remove the `ncr' driver in the Alpha case -- the `sym' driver works w
ith
> > > every known Alpha.
> >
> > I think it is time to switch -current to sym-only. No disrespect towards t
he
> > ncr driver writer intended, but the sym driver is well maintained, robust,
> > up-to-date, not implicated in the recurring fxp+ncr bugs, and supports all
> > the hardware.
>
> It does not support all hardware yet. I have an old 810 card that don't
> even want to boot using the sym driver. It just go into a loop of printing
> errors at the stage where it should probe the disks. The same machine
> works just fine with the ncr driver.
I suppose this is a silly question, but you have reported this already,
right?
> sym0:0: ERROR (c0:0) (8-0-0) (0/3) @ (scripta 170:720d0000).
> sym0: script cmd = 808cfd02
> sym0: regdump: ca 00 00 03 47 00 00 1f 00 08 00 00 80 00 0f 02 00 f0 f3 01 20
ff ff ff.
> sym0: PCI STATUS = 0x8100
> (noperiph:sym0:0:-1:-1): SCSI BUS reset detected.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
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