Am 28.05.2008 um 02:09 schrieb Andrew Doran:
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 09:44:46PM +0200, Jan-Hinrich Fessel wrote:Actually, after having built the appropriate kernel, I'm stuck. mlxctl finds the firmware is too old for most commands, but then i will have to hunt down someone with appropriate EEPROM programming gear to get this controller equipped with a new firmware - or someone with a machine capable of booting dos and having at least one pci slot...My memory of this isn't good because it has been a while, but I think that the version 3 firmware implements the commands you want, and I think that itneeds two EEPROMs instead of the one required for the v2 firmware.
Unfortunately both statements are true. Maybed I can find some fitting EEPROM in my junkyard...
To put it differently, I will send the controller to anyone who can make some use of it and is willing to pay for shipment. If it will be used for NetBSD development I will take care of shipment costs within the EU.An alternative is to put the card into a PC, configure it using the Mylex tools, and then put it back into the sparc machine. If the card is a DEC rebadge, the BIOS component will not be enabled and it will not work in a PC, but that can be fixed with a once-off patch in mlx.c to reenable the BIOS. I don't know where you got it, but chances are it will work in a PC.
I'ts from an alpha which unfortunately isn't anymore. I don't think I will need the BIOS on a sparc, anyhow ;-) I found some volunteer to reflash it, so in case i can source a second EEPROM, development can continue. My only PC-like hardware is a MacBook Pro, which is fine, but doesn't support PCI ;-)
Cheers
Oskar
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