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Hello,

> > > does anyone know if LSI21320 are bootable from sparc64 machines
> > > (thinking of U5 ;). according to it's doc: LSI Logic SOlaris SPARC
> > > capable Fusion-MPT host bus adapters have FCode resident on board,
> > > allowing operation under Sun Microsystem's OpenBoot console.
> > > http://www.lsilogic.com/files/docs/techdocs/storage_stand_prod/Softwa=
re/user_guide-fusionmpt_fcode_ug.pdf
> >=20
> > If it has fcode it should be bootable. Not sure what they mean by
> > 'Solaris SPARC capable' - different variant of the card that comes
> > with fcode? Or 'capable' as in 'Solaris knows how to handle it' ?
> > There's only one way to find out I guess.
> >=20
> > > I would like feedback about it booting from sparc64 before
> > > stopping my sparc64 and plugging the card (because this sun
> > > machine does a lot's of things in my network ;)
> >=20
> > Come on, NetBSD/sparc64 boots fairly quick and I think your chances
> > to get this working are pretty good ;)
> >=20
>=20
> OK... the card is pluggued but not recognised from the PROM:
> ok show-disks
> a) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom
> b) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk
> c) /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/fdthree@14,3023f0
> q) NO SELECTION=20
> Enter Selection, q to quit: q

Hrm, it should show up under /pci@1f,0/pci@1/

> Digging LSIlogic.com, I found
> http://lsionline2.lsil.com/esupport/esupportlsi/consumer/esupport.asp?id=
=3Ddf5e2624-235e-4874-b863-26fc6321d254&resource=3D&number=3D2&isExternal=
=3D0&nShowFacts=3D&nShowCause=3D&nShowChange=3D&nShowAddInfo=3D&activepage=
=3Dstatement.asp&bForceMatch=3DFalse&strCurrentSymptom=3D&searchtype=3Dnorm=
al&searchclass=3DQuickSearch&bnewsession=3Dfalse&selecttype=3Dmatch
> which states: "The Sun Ultra 5 and Sun Ultra 10 machines have 5-Volt
> only PCI slots." (...) "LSI Logic Ultra 320 SCSI HBAs work in all Sun
> SPARC systems except the Sun Ultra 5 and the Sun Ultra 10."

Ouch, so it's a 3.3v-only device?

> I'm building a kernel containing mpt driver to check if it is a PROM
> issue only or if the PCI voltage causes my U5 not to see the card.

Have a look if there's anything at all under /pci@1f,0/pci@1/ that could
be the SCSI card - if not then the kernel won't find it either.

have fun
Michael

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