Subject: Re: AlphaServer 2000 4/200 support?
To: Chris Rupnik <crupnik@videotron.ca>
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/16/2003 09:45:12
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:40:27PM -0400, Chris Rupnik wrote:

Hm, yes, on the Alpha fpa is b0rked, and it has been for quite some time
now :( On x86 it worked the last time I tried (months ago).

W/

> Well,
>  Just a note, Don't be ifconfig'ing that DEFPA in Freebsd, it causes a
> panic! I've reported it, and Andrew is just waiting for some helpers to have
> it resolved.
> 
> 
> Christopher
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wilko Bulte" <wkb@xs4all.nl>
> To: "Jochen Kunz" <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
> Cc: <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>; <port-alpha@NetBSD.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: AlphaServer 2000 4/200 support?
> 
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:29:05PM +0200, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> > > On 2003.07.14 19:30 Wilko Bulte wrote:
> >
> > > > > Is the AlphaServer 2000 4/200 supported?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > OK. Now I need an additional CPU board and 24 additional 16 MB SIMMs to
> > > max the machine out. ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > BTW: FreeBSD 4.8 boots too, but complains about:
> > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1011, dev=0x000f) at 8.0 irq 5
> > > [this is the DEFPA]
> >
> > Correct, you lack fpa in the install kernel. Hardly anyone seems to have
> > FDDI left these days (I have 2 DEFPA here ;)
> >
> > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x0000, dev=0x0020) at 12.0 irq 0
> > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x0000, dev=0x0000) at 12.4
> > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x0000, dev=0x0020) at 13.0 irq 0
> > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x0000, dev=0x0000) at 13.4
> > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x0000, dev=0x0000) at 15.0
> >
> > ENOCLUE
> >
> 
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