Bug 16189

Summary:	Advansys ASB-3940U2W SCSI Card does not work with 3.4
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	nicole <nicole>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description nicole 2000-01-18 19:40:01 UTC

Release notes state All Advansys SCSI cards are supported. However the ASB-3940U2W
is not seen. This is the first time I have used the model card so I do not know if 
it worked in earlier releases.
 So it is either a make the card work issue or a fix the docs issue :)

How-To-Repeat: Purchases any ASB-3940U2W card, try to install FreeBSD.

Comment 1 AndrewG 2000-03-15 14:09:19 UTC

Hi,

I have the UW single ended card, and also cannot install FreeBSD (This is
quite depressing. I ran FreeBSD 
for about a year on this machine, and then, while away, the machine died
-(Cyrix CPU, motherboard, Adaptec SCSI, 
Seagate  HD all blown to bits - power spike assumed cause). I bought a new
AMD CPU, Haicom (VIA) mobo, 
Advansys SCSI and retrieved an old IBM HD.

I am unable to install FreeBSD because the default kernel does not include
the Advansys wide drivers, and my CD 
drive is SCSI. 

I also cannot install on my laptop because the Amacom parallel port CD is
not supported).

The answer would appear to be an alternative kernel with omitted drivers -
possibly a specialised SCSI
kernel.  I have not got a machine on which to build one at present. I think
it should be part of the standard 
image - as in 'boot SCSI kernel' as an option at boot time. 

please cc replies to: andrew@grillet98.freeserve.co.uk (my home address)

regards

Andrew


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Comment 2 paulo 2000-12-08 17:22:57 UTC

Advansys 3940UW has it's own set of problems as well.   Trying to do a
"dump"
of 197GB took 71hours to a DLT drive.  Way more than it should have
been.  Now
having switched to an Adaptec2940UW it takes 13 hours.

Comment 3 iedowse freebsd_committer

2001-08-27 21:34:51 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->feedback


Does this problem still exist in newer releases?

Comment 4 Giorgos Keramidas freebsd_committer

2002-01-18 11:11:56 UTC

State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed

Feedback timeout after more than 4 months.