From owner-cvs-all Sat Jul 29 2:34:13 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from netplex.com.au (adsl-63-207-30-186.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.207.30.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C173837B506; Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:34:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netplex.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA52976; Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:33:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <200007290933.CAA52976@netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: John Hay Cc: groudier@club-internet.fr, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/scripts dokern.sh In-Reply-To: Message from John Hay of "Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:22:52 +0200." <200007290922.e6T9Mqc78590@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:33:49 -0700 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message