In message <Pine.SGI.3.95.970225202536.13662G-100000@physig4.ph.kcl.ac.uk> you recently waffled:

>On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Stephen Jones wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> 
>> Upon booting RiscBSD, my machine hangs due to having a PowerROM
>> installed in an Oak card (it used to boot with the original).
>> Is (or will) there be a workaround for this?
>
>As yet no fix. In my book this is a problem of the powerrom ;-)
>
>With a powerrom fitted in a SCSI card the identification of the SCSI card
>changes and all cards with the powerrom identify themselves as an
>alsystems SCSI cards.
>This means the kernel cannot determinewhat card is actually fitted and
>thus the kernel will try and use the ptsc driver (thinking the card is a
>powertec SCSI2)
>
>So it means that Acorns podule identification system system has been
>broken and thus special hacks are going to be needed in to work out really
>what card is present.
Any chance of AlSystems fixing this?
>
I've CC'd this to alsystems in case they don't read this list.
>Note: the expansion card specs say every expansion card type *MUST* have a
>unique number allocated to it.
Hmm.....
>
>Until I have more information on the powerrom I will not be looking at
>this problem.
>
>Cheers,
>				Mark
>
>
>



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