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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

9026.0. "OSF/1 3.0B and FDDI support ?" by XFMV01::SHYAM () Tue Mar 04 1997 10:35

    
    
    What are the pathes required on Digital Unix V3.0B to make it support
    PCI based FDDI card on Alphaserver 2100
    
    Basically, when the system is booted through 'genvmunix' the card works
    fine, but when kernel is built for that module and when we boot through
    that kernel, the following error occurs:
    
    	decfea0: timeout in command request
    	fta0: 	 cannot add it to  the CAM
    	fta0: Completion status (1) ; failure
    
    The customer has no choice but to stick to Digital Unix (OSF/1) 3.0B
    because his application does not permit him to do so.
    
    
    Thanks in advance
    
    
    Shyam Marathe
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9026.1A correction...XFMV01::SHYAMTue Mar 04 1997 10:376
    
    The application does not permit him to upgrade to higher version of
    OSF/1
    
    -shyam
9026.2What is Firmware? NETRIX::"[email protected]"Wed Mar 05 1997 06:2313
Hi !
 
  What is the firmware version? Better option is to go for
 firmware version 4.3. (current version is 4.0? )

 
  Another try : Boot from vmunix use sizer and doconfig

  These should solve the problem. I don't think any patches are
 are there for this.

   regrads
Nagaraj Hegde
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9026.3Re: firmwareNETRIX::"[email protected]"Brian HaleyWed Mar 05 1997 10:3115
> What is the firmware version? Better option is to go for
> firmware version 4.3. (current version is 4.0? )

Nagaraj,

The firmware shouldn't make a difference if the adapter is unsupported
by the OS.  PCI FDDI isn't supported until 3.2.

See http://lan.zk3.dec.com

Shyam, I'm not sure if patches exist, there was nothing listed on the web.

-Brian
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9026.4FDDI modules work with fresh 3.0BXFMV01::SHYAMSun Mar 09 1997 23:3316
    
    
    We installed OSF/1 V3.0B a fresh and the same FDDI modules were
    operational.
    
    What we could not figure out was what is wrong with the current setup
    where the FDDI modules work with genvmunix but, the moment we build 
    kernel for these modules, and boot the system with the new kernel, we
    get the errors mentioned in .0
    
    BTW, the FDDI modules mentioned in .0 are EISA based modules and not
    PCI based as mentioned there.
    
    
    -shyam