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| author | msmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-02-10 21:41:54 +0000 |
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| committer | msmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-02-10 21:41:54 +0000 |
| commit | 6606faa5d72baa856984bd6654014c13364bfd63 (patch) | |
| tree | d6af6b1d0f361e99d34adaa3a91b7c23edc1d5d1 /release/texts | |
| parent | e515e856f280d78edb829da21b1856e4b474b6e3 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-6606faa5d72baa856984bd6654014c13364bfd63.zip FreeBSD-src-6606faa5d72baa856984bd6654014c13364bfd63.tar.gz | |
Update the current state of affairs with the AMI and Mylex drivers;
they're usable but booting is not supported at this time.
Approved-by: jkh
Diffstat (limited to 'release/texts')
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT | 13 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT index 81b32f6..583dc6d 100644 --- a/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -370,10 +370,13 @@ SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V is not yet supported. AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family controllers (all models). +Booting from these controllers is not supported. -Mylex DAC960 controllers with 3.x and 4.x firmware, including the -P, PL, PJ, PG and PTL (AcceleRAID 250). Other AcceleRAID models may -function but have not been tested. +Mylex DAC960 and DAC1164 controllers with 3.x and 4.x firmware, +including the P, PL, PJ, PG and PTL (AcceleRAID 250). Other +AcceleRAID models may function but have not been tested. Booting from +these controllers is not supported, and enabling the controller BIOS may +cause the FreeBSD bootstrap to fail. SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a, 53C860, 53C875, 53C875e, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers: diff --git a/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT b/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT index d36f087..585aa30 100644 --- a/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT @@ -384,5 +384,18 @@ A: There is a problem with the onboard Ethernet in the Netfinity 3500 will have to install another Ethernet adapter and avoid attempting to configure the onboard adapter at any time. +Q: When I install to my Mylex RAID controller and reboot, I get a register + dump, or the system is extremely slow in booting. + +A: Due to incompatibilities between the Mylex BIOS and the FreeBSD + bootloader, the Mylex BIOS must be disabled. This means that you + cannot boot from a RAID array at this time. + +Q: When I install to my AMI RAID controller and reboot, the kernel + cannot mount root, even though the AMI controller was detected. + +A: On some systems, the AMI controller doesn't work as the driver expects + when it has been booted from. This results in the array being + unreadable. The only current workaround is to boot from another disk. [ Please send hardware tips for this Q&A section to jkh@freebsd.org ] |
