Hi,

In this case, will firmware upgrade be helpful? If so, I wish to
upgrade raid controller firmware. But I can't find information on
this...

If you know how to upgrade Alphaserver 2100's Mylex DAC960(SWXCR)
firmware, please let me know.

From: CHOI Junho <cjh@kr.FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: Support for alphaserver 2100?
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:34:09 +0900 (KST)

> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I tried serial console, it boot with recent 1.6BETA_2 snapshot!
> But I got stucked at mlx0 probe...
> 
> NetBSD 1.6_BETA2 (INSTALL) #0: Wed Jun 19 18:48:01 MEST 2002
>     bouyer@java:/home/tmp/alpha/obj/sys/arch/alpha/compile/INSTALL
> AlphaServer 2100 4/200, 190MHz, s/n 
> 8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
> total memory = 128 MB
> (2120 KB reserved for PROM, 125 MB used by NetBSD)
> avail memory = 109 MB
> using 818 buffers containing 6544 KB of memory
> mainbus0 (root)
> cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064-1
> cpu0: Architecture extensions: fffffc000060bbd8<PAT,MVI>
> ttwoga0 at mainbus0
> ttwopci0 at ttwoga0 hose 0: T2 Gate Array rev. 1
> sableio0 at ttwopci0 bus 0: Sable STDIO module
> pckbc0 at sableio0 port 0x60
> fdc1 at sableio0 port 0x3f0
> fdc1: interrupting at T2 irq 7
> fd0 at fdc1 drive 0: 1.44MB, 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
> com0 at sableio0 port 0x3f8: ns16550a, working fifo
> com0: console
> com0: interrupting at T2 irq 15
> com1 at sableio0 port 0x2f8: ns16550a, working fifo
> com1: interrupting at T2 irq 8
> lpt0 at sableio0 port 0x3bc
> lpt0: interrupting at T2 irq 9
> pci0 at ttwopci0 bus 0
> pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled
> tlp0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0: DECchip 21040 Ethernet, pass 2.3
> tlp0: interrupting at T2 irq 2
> tlp0: Ethernet address 08:00:2b:e4:5b:60
> tlp0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10base5, manual
> siop0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810 (fast scsi)
> siop0: interrupting at T2 irq 1
> scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
> pceb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x0482 (rev. 0x03)
> eisa0 at pceb0
> device CPQ3011 at eisa0 slot 2 not configured
> mlx0 at eisa0 slot 7: Mylex RAID
> mlx0: interrupting at eisa irq 14 (T2 irq 21)
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> mlx0: bad completion returned
> ....
> 
> And it continues. What's wrong? It can boot Digital Unix 4.0E...
> 
> From: Collin Baillie <Collin.Baillie@world.net>
> Subject: RE: Support for alphaserver 2100?
> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:39:10 +1000 
> 
> > Choi,
> > 
> > The kernel you got from my web site (1.5ZA) should work fine for you if you
> > hook up a serial console. I didn't even think of this! Of course if you want
> > to try to use Murray's 1.6 stuff, go for it :)
> > 
> > Collin
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Murray Armfield [mailto:murray.armfield@arconsulting.com.au]
> > Sent: Friday, 7 June 2002 12:29 PM
> > To: CHOI Junho
> > Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Support for alphaserver 2100?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 	I got the same symptoms as you running graphics console. Serial
> > console works 
> > great. I built the -current stuff myself, however I used a recent snapshot 
> > (1.5ZA or ZC IIRC) from pub/NetBSD/arch/alpha/snaphosts/ on ftp netbsd
> > server 
> > IIRC to start with. Try that one. If you want I can put a snapshot on my ftp
> > 
> > server sometime, just email me a request. Then I updated toolchain and built
> > 
> > kernel all over NFS. Building userland as we speak....
> > 	Its worth going over the SRM settings. Have a look at the FreeBSD
> > doco on 
> > AS2100's. If you need any help with these just email.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 	Murray Armfield
> 
> --

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