> On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:21:18 -0800 (PST) 
>  Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> wrote:
> 
>  > > ...especially considering that a fair number of previously happy
>  > > Qlogic ISP users now have completely useless boards.
>  > 
>  > No, that's not correct either. Here's an editted copy of what I sent to
> 
> Well, it is.  At least some AlphaStation 500 owners have reported
> previously (i.e. before you changed the driver to always upload
> the firmware!) that the ISP driver did NOT work with the version of
> the firmware flashed into the board.
> 

Well, the AlphaStation 600 reports:

Qlogic ISP Driver, NetBSD (pci) Platform Version 0.997 Core Version 1.10
isp0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 17
isp0: Board Revision 1020A, resident F/W Revision 5.1.1
isp0: Last F/W revision was 5.1.1
isp0: 274 max I/O commands supported
isp0: invalid NVRAM header (c0,f8,c0,f8)
isp0: driver initiated bus reset of bus 0
scsibus0 at isp0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
isp1 at pci1 dev 2 function 0
isp1: interrupting at kn20aa irq 18
isp1: Board Revision 1020A, resident F/W Revision 5.1.1
isp1: Last F/W revision was 5.1.1
isp1: 274 max I/O commands supported
isp1: invalid NVRAM header (ff,ff,ff,ff)
isp1: driver initiated bus reset of bus 0
scsibus1 at isp1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
pceb0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: Intel 82375EB/SB PCI-EISA Bridge (PCEB)
(rev. 0x15)


and works just fine.....

And for the AlphaStation 500:

Qlogic ISP Driver, FreeBSD Version 4.0, Core Version 1.10
isp0: <Qlogic ISP 1020/1040 PCI SCSI Adapter> irq 12 at device 9.0 on pci0
isp0: interrupting at CIA irq 12
isp0: Board Revision 1020A, resident F/W Revision 5.1.1
isp0: Last F/W revision was 5.1.1
isp0: 274 max I/O commands supported
isab0: <Intel 82375EB PCI-EISA bridge> at device 10.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0


that also works fine, so w/o actually getting some PRs (and I haven't seen
any) or email directly too me, I'm kinda thinking that what you say is a
bit of a crock.

-matt