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author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-04-13 19:47:07 +0000 |
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committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-04-13 19:47:07 +0000 |
commit | 3f65aa42cde70ea2f0659d13349cfefd18916f40 (patch) | |
tree | a74703f5cdaf784df14aa8cbeaf21df31ba62e1f /release | |
parent | 0575e04a306c02e21d471bb05bc5145975a72e11 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-3f65aa42cde70ea2f0659d13349cfefd18916f40.zip FreeBSD-src-3f65aa42cde70ea2f0659d13349cfefd18916f40.tar.gz |
Update boot capabilities for Adaptec 2940-series
Obtained from: axp-list@redhat.com / Jay.Estabrook@compaq.com
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT index cfc40b4..fc4838c 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -795,6 +795,9 @@ PC164SX is reported to boot fine with Symbios825, Symbios875 and Symbios876 based cards. In addition, Adaptec 2940U and 2940UW are reported to work for booting (verified on SRM V5.7-1). Adaptec 2930U2 and 2940U2[W] do not work. +LX and SX with SRM firmware version 5.8 or later can boot from Adaptec +2940-series adapters. + In summary: this family of machines is 'blessed' with a challenging compatibility as far as SCSI adapters go. @@ -1095,6 +1098,10 @@ When 2 pairs of identical-sized DIMMs are installed DS10 will use memory interleaving for higher performance. DS10L, which has only 2 DIMM slots cannot do interleaving. +SCSI: +Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series +adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic and Symbios/NCR adapters. + EIDE: The base model comes with a FUJITSU 9.5GB ATA disk as its boot device. FreeBSD/alpha works just fine using EIDE disks on Webbrick. DS10 has 2 IDE @@ -1231,6 +1238,9 @@ Embedded SCSI: The embedded Adaptec SCSI chip on DS20 is disabled and is therefore not usable under FreeBSD. +Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series +adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic and Symbios/NCR adapters. + CPU: DS20 can have 2 CPUs installed. FreeBSD/alpha is not currently SMP-capable and will only use the primary CPU. |