Re: SYM driver -- where to find?

On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Marc Nicholas wrote: > Sorry for the lameness of this question...but where can I find the Symbios > driver for FreeBSD developed by Gerrard Roudier? I'm having some issues > with a Symbios controller that I suspect may be the fault of the NCR > driver and not the controller

Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?)

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > I might add that others have found that using sym + fxp on the N440BX > motherboards didn't solve their problems, or moved the problem elsewhere, > eg: to the sbdrop() etc routines. One other interesting variable.. an ahc > + pn driver combination on a 4

Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?)

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Parag Patel wrote: [ ... ] > In the proecss, we discovered a very interesting thing about the > NCR/Symbios chips, at least the 810 and 825 series. Turns out that when > they are executing their scripts, and the scripts access an on-board PCI > register, that access actua

Re: PCI DMA lockups in 3.2 (3.3 maybe?)

I have some remarks about the issue. I donnot claim it is not a software problem, but ... 1) Given the actual differences between the ncr and sym drivers nowadays, I would be surprised if the problem was due to a driver software bug. A difference could be that recent drivers may use PCI optim

Re: Linux ioctl not implemented error

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote: > I get " LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=0, typ=0x53(S), num=0x13 not implemented " > when attempting to configure a IDE cdrom under VMware (really coold BTW!! > thanks for the port development). > > Somebody close to a Linux box have an idea what this ioctl is suppo

Re: Ethernet TAP device driver released

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > The beta version of Ethernet TAP device driver for FreeBSD is released. > > This looks like BPF, only much less smart. Why reinvent the wheel? May-be for the same reason the horse-power has been invented. ;-) Gérard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to

Re: Turbochannel based Alpha, quickie question

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wilko Bulte writes: > : How difficult would CAMifying a driver be? > > Speaking of which, has a "How to CAMify a driver" doc been written? In my experience, X3T10/990D and friends + ahc_*.c + aic7xxx.c + cam/*.h (+ cam/*.