problem with ISA-controllers - maybe general?

[Andy Farkas]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, ANdrei wrote:

> 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #12:
...
> Adaptec AHA-1542C (with BIOS)

For this particular adapter..

> #device          aha0    at isa? port 0x330 irq 11
> #device          aha0    at isa? port 0x330 irq 11 drq 5

..one of the above lines should be commented out. But I think the real
problem is here:

> real memory  = 201326592 (196608K bytes)
> config> di pcic0
> No such device: pcic0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
> config> di sn0
> No such device: sn0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
> config> di lnc0
> No such device: lnc0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
> config> di ie0
> config> di fe0
> No such device: fe0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
> config> di bt0
> config> di aic0
> config> di aha0
          ^^^^^^^

Looks like the loader is disabling the device on purpose.

Either delete the line in /boot/kernel.conf or change it to 'en aha0'.

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        Andy Farkas
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   Speednet Communications
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