Subject: kern/7011: INSTALL document imprecisely specifies which AIC-7xxx chips are supported
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Olaf Seibert <rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/17/1999 00:42:11
>Number: 7011
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: INSTALL document imprecisely specifies which AIC-7xxx chips are supported
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 16 15:50:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Olaf Seibert
>Organization:
>Release: 1.3.2 but also -current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD polder.ubc.kun.nl 1.2.1 NetBSD 1.2.1 (POLDER) #5: Wed Jun 4 15:53:30 MET DST 1997 rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl:/home/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/POLDER i386
>Description:
The INSTALL document tells us that all AIC78X0 chips are supported
as SCSI interface. Thay may have been true at the time of writing
but there are now some chips that match the pattern but which are
not supported.
Getting this fixed for 1.3.4 seems imperative.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to find a motherboard with on-board SCSI interface which is
supported by NetBSD.
>Fix:
Workaround:
(patch valid for the 1.3.2 version of i386/INSTALL, but it also
applies to -current and the principle I assume also for other
ports that may have on-board SCSI chips or PCI buses)
*** INSTALL.orig Thu Jun 4 20:54:46 1998
--- INSTALL Wed Feb 17 00:25:29 1999
***************
*** 690,696 ****
motherboards using this chip are likely to be
bootable, consequently.)
Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][W] cards and some onboard PCI designs
! using the AIC78X0 chip.
Adaptec AHA-3940[U][W] cards [b]
BusLogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
--- 690,697 ----
motherboards using this chip are likely to be
bootable, consequently.)
Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][W] cards and some onboard PCI designs
! using the AIC-7770, AIC-7850, AIC-7860, AIC-7870, or
! AIC-7880 chip.
Adaptec AHA-3940[U][W] cards [b]
BusLogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
***************
*** 876,883 ****
AHA-152x, AIC-6260- or AIC-6360-based SCSI host adapters
aic0 0x340 11 6
! AHA-2X4X or AIC-7XXX-based SCSI host adapters
! ahc0 any any any
BusLogic BT445, BT74x, or BT9xx SCSI host adapters
bha0 0x330 any any
--- 877,885 ----
AHA-152x, AIC-6260- or AIC-6360-based SCSI host adapters
aic0 0x340 11 6
! AHA-2X4X or AIC-7XXX-based SCSI host adapters [precise list: see NetBSD
! ahc0 any any any System Requirements and
! Supported Devices]
BusLogic BT445, BT74x, or BT9xx SCSI host adapters
bha0 0x330 any any
>Audit-Trail:
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