Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:14:50 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Riley Eltrich <eltrich.riley@gmail.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: powerpc/138543: No driver for stock Adaptec brand scsi controller from Apple Message-ID: <4AA7F09A.50707@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200909091310.39073.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200909050432.n854WvVA045892@www.freebsd.org> <200909091310.39073.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On Saturday 05 September 2009 12:32:57 am Riley Eltrich wrote: > >>> Number: 138543 >>> Category: powerpc >>> Synopsis: No driver for stock Adaptec brand scsi controller from >>> > Apple > >>> Confidential: no >>> Severity: serious >>> Priority: low >>> Responsible: freebsd-ppc >>> State: open >>> Quarter: >>> Keywords: >>> Date-Required: >>> Class: change-request >>> Submitter-Id: current-users >>> Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 05 04:40:03 UTC 2009 >>> Closed-Date: >>> Last-Modified: >>> Originator: Riley Eltrich >>> Release: 7.2 >>> Organization: >>> >> N/A >> >>> Environment: >>> >> cant actually install without driver :) >> >>> Description: >>> >> there seems to be no support for the scsi addon card that was a stock part >> > in the Blue/White Powermac G3 > >> Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W (rev 01) >> >>> How-To-Repeat: >>> >> boot it on a G3 with the unsupported scsi card unless I just have no idea >> > what I am doing (real possibility) > > I believe ahc(4) supports all the 2940 parts? > > It does. Given that Apple (as far as I am aware) shipped machines with ahc, isp, and mpt controllers, I think these drivers should be in GENERIC so that people can install onto disks without surprises. Any objections to adding ahc, isp, mpt, and sym to GENERIC? -Nathan
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