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From: jbj@atmos.dar.csiro.au (JENSEN Jorgen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 2.1: Future Domain SCSI + SMC install questions
Date: 25 Oct 1995 04:41:32 GMT
Organization: CSIRO DIT ( Melb. )
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I am doing a first attempt at installing FreeBSD 2.1. It is being done
on a Dell Latitude XPi notebook with a port replicator. This notebook
has an EIDE hard disk which is accessed using the wdc0 device driver
module. The operating system will be installed on this hard disk, but
I will also need to attach SCSI tape drives and connect to ethernet.
The Dell port replicator has the following devices:
SCSI controller:
Chip set: Future Domain 9C50; SCSI-2 compliant
Data bus width: 8-bit ISA host bus interface
Data transfer rate: 2.5 MB/sec
I/O address: memory-mapped
IRQ line: 11
Ethernet network controller:
Chip set: SMC91C92; 10-base-T ethernet
Data bus width: 16-bit ISA host bus interface
I/O adress (default): 300h
IRQ: 10
The release notes for NetBSD 2.1 state that "Future Domain 8xx/950
series SCSI controllers" are supported, but the Hardware documentation
guide does not list a device driver under the "FreeBSD GENERIC kernel".
Is the Future Domain chip set compatible with another SCSI device, and
if so, which one?
What (if any) device driver is compatible with the SMC91C92 chip set?
Any help is greatly appreciated, Jorgen