Subject: On-bard aic on DS20 [was Re: failure notice]
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/16/2000 20:06:47
Hi,
sorry for the random Subject:. I hope noone with the anserw missed my mail
because of this. I resend it just in case :)

On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 03:18:16PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Hi,
> looking closely at my DS20's motherboard I noticed that there are 2 adaptec
> SCSI controllers (aic7895) on it, with 2 Ultra-wide (or maybe U2W) connectors
> near them. But neither the SRM not the NetBSD kernel see them, so I gess
> there is some magic needed to enable them.
> The User's guide that comes with the machine doesn't mention the aic
> controllers in the list of SCSI busses (only metions add-on boards) but
> "screen dumps" of SRM output shows 2 aic controllers on 
> "bus 00 slot 06/0" and "bus 00 slot 06/1". On my system bus 00 slot 06 is
> not one of the PCI slot, and the cypress is on bus 00 slot 05, so I guess
> these are the on-board aic.
> Also I had to order an add-on UW PCI board for the DS20, but DS20E is
> shipped with U2W disks and doesn't require add-on controller. Is the
> motherboard of the 20E the same as the DS20 ?
> 
> Any infos on this ? Not that I need these 2 aic controllers but it could be
> nice to play a bit with them :)
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --