I agree. I have never been able to find much via the query the bugs
database option on the WEB page either. I just FTP back the archives and
grep them at home.

scott
scott.burns@netcontech.com

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>From: 	mbell@europa.com[SMTP:mbell@europa.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, August 09, 1996 10:26 AM
>To: 	scott.burns@labatt.com; vince@homepage.ca
>Cc: 	port-i386@NetBSD.ORG
>Subject: 	RE: Question regarding supporting AHA-1542CP
>
>[order of text adjusted to canonical form and edited for brevity]
>>>From: 	Vince Mammoliti[SMTP:vince@homepage.ca]
>>>I have been tring for the last few days to get a aha-1542cp to work.
>>>
>>>It all works fine except I can not boot using this version of the 
>>>controller. If I pop in a 1542cf all is fine.
>>>
>>>Any suggestion ? Anyone ?
>>>
>>>Vince
>
>>"It is documented in the lists somewhere a few months ago. You need to
>>build a new kernel as this board returns a device id # outside of the
>>range the aha driver looks for. Search for 1542CP in the archives."
>>
>>scott.burns@netcontech.com
>
>Search the archives how?  The search engine on the NetBSD web site has
>never been able to find anything the few times I've tried. 
>
>Anyway, I was able to use my new 1542CP with the stock 1.0_BETA kernel
>by turning off most of the "enhancements" listed under the Advanced Options
>in the SCSIselect utility (and turning the Plug and Pray idiocy off).  This
>may not apply to 1.1 or later, but it's probably worth a try and a lot easier
>than trying to build a new kernel without a system.
>
>Max
>
>P.S.  Beware of improper seating of long ISA cards.  The cost of error can
>be high.
>