I've done a little more investigating, and found that I have the same
problem with -current as detailed below.  I've checked the ncr(4) manpage,
and it claims the 53C896 is supported...

Has anyone else seen this?  Any suggestions?  The board in question seems
to work under Linux, so I don't think it's a hardware question.

+j

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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 13:50:32 -0700
From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
To: port-i386@netbsd.org
Subject: Anyone used Tyan thunderbolt on-board SCSI successfully?

I'm evaluating some systems at work that I was really hoping would work
out for me, because the price is right... but when I boot a 1.4.2 boot
floppy (actually, the boot floppy is a just-pre-release 1.4.2_ALPHA),
I get this:

ncr0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: ncr 53c896 fast40 wide scsi
pci_mem_find: expected mem type 00000000, found 00000004
ncr0: interrupting at irq 5
ncr0: minsync=10, maxsync=137, maxoffs=31, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo
ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver
CACHE TEST FAILED: host wrote 1, ncr read -16892.
CACHE TEST FAILED: ncr wrote 2, host read 1819044972.
CACHE INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED.
ncr1 at pci0 dev 11 function 1: ncr 53c896 fast40 wide scsi
pci_mem_find: expected mem type 00000000, found 00000004
ncr1: interrupting at irq 11
ncr1: minsync=10, maxsync=137, maxoffs=31, 128 dwords burst, large dma fifo
ncr1: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver
CACHE TEST FAILED: host wrote 1, ncr read -15616.
CACHE TEST FAILED: ncr wrote 2, host read 1819044972.
CACHE INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED.

The motherboard is a Tyan thunderbolt, with onboard dual-channel Symbios
53C896, which claims to be LVD, tho the driver's reporting it as
single-ended.  

Is there any hope for me to run a (patched, even?) 1.4.2 on this system?
What about -current?  (Which, of course, begs the question, when's the 1.5
branch happening?  I know, I know...)

Thanks,
+j

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