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From: Julian Plamann <bofh@ox.cx>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
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>Number:         42977
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       request: document the fact that the FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          wish
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep 19 21:10:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:    Thu Sep 16 16:32:43 GMT 2004
>Last-Modified:  Thu Sep 16 16:32:43 GMT 2004
>Originator:     Julian Plamann
>Release:        4.6.2
>Organization:
OX.CX
>Environment:
Tested on any sysinstalls from 4.5 to 4.6.2.
>Description:
The FreeBSD sysinstall only probes to the 10th EISA slot during hardware
detection. This presents a problem with systems (notably HP NetServer)
that have an on-board SCSI controller. Often these controllers have slot
numbers of 11-16. This causes the sysinstall to not be able to see the
controller and therefore any attached disks.

Presently, this can be fixed by entering into CLI kernel config mode and
typing something along the lines of "eisa 16". It would be nice if the
installer could be made to probe this high automatically. I'm sure there
are lots of NetServers in active use even in this day and age.

Best Regards,
Julian
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->qa 
Responsible-Changed-By: kris 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Jul 18 16:06:22 PDT 2003 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Assign to qa group 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42977 

From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>,
	freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc: qa@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:30:45 -0400 (EDT)

 On 18-Jul-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > Synopsis: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
 
 This is a feature to avoid conflicts with PCI.  The bset resolution for
 this might be to add a FAQ that explains how to increase the number of
 slots from the kernel config in 4.x and from the loader on 5.x.
 
 -- 
 
 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
 "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/

From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>,
	freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, qa@FreeBSD.org,
	freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:42:27 -0700

 On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 05:30:45PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
 > 
 > On 18-Jul-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > > Synopsis: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
 > 
 > This is a feature to avoid conflicts with PCI.  The bset resolution for
 > this might be to add a FAQ that explains how to increase the number of
 > slots from the kernel config in 4.x and from the loader on 5.x.
 
 And corresponding text to the install guide?
 
 Kris

From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>,
	<freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org>, <qa@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10.
 Causes issues with NetServers.
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 08:23:16 +1000 (EST)

 This is mentioned in LINT/NOTES already:
 
 # By default, only 10 EISA slots are probed, since the slot numbers
 # above clash with the configuration address space of the PCI subsystem,
 # and the EISA probe is not very smart about this.  This is sufficient
 # for most machines, but in particular the HP NetServer LC series comes
 # with an onboard AIC7770 dual-channel SCSI controller on EISA slot #11,
 # thus you need to bump this figure to 12 for them.
 options         EISA_SLOTS=12
 
 Maybe it should be mentioned in the Harware Notes for current releases,
 including the workaround.
 
 --
 
  :{ andyf@speednet.com.au
 
         Andy Farkas
     System Administrator
    Speednet Communications
  http://www.speednet.com.au/
 
 
 

From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, qa@FreeBSD.org,
	freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: kern/42977: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:23:09 -0400 (EDT)

 On 21-Jul-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 05:30:45PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
 >> 
 >> On 18-Jul-2003 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 >> > Synopsis: FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10. Causes issues with NetServers.
 >> 
 >> This is a feature to avoid conflicts with PCI.  The bset resolution for
 >> this might be to add a FAQ that explains how to increase the number of
 >> slots from the kernel config in 4.x and from the loader on 5.x.
 > 
 > And corresponding text to the install guide?
 
 Sure, but I think this should be classed as a doc bug now and probably
 handed off to doc@.
 
 -- 
 
 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
 "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/
Responsible-Changed-From-To: qa->freebsd-doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Sep 8 21:27:12 GMT 2004 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Reclassify this as a doc PR, since the Audit-Trail claims that the 
code is doing The Right Thing (in general). 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42977 

From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, bofh@ox.cx
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/42977: request: document the fact that the FreeBSD
	installer doesn't probe past EISA slot 10.
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:52:33 +0100

 This issue has been documented in the Troubleshooting section of the
 i386 notes for a while now and can therefore probably be closed.
 
 e.g. section 4.3.12 of
 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6R/installation-i386.html
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Thu Sep 16 16:32:17 GMT 2004 
State-Changed-Why:  
This information is now documented in the Troubleshooting section. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=42977 
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