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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ptsys1!jmm
- From: jmm@pt.com (James Mooney)
- Subject: Re: Sparc 2 panics with Fast SCSI/buffered ethernet installed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.142259.7126@pt.com>
- Organization: Performance Technologies, Incorporated
- References: <BzGn8v.Mz8@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:22:59 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- In article <BzGn8v.Mz8@well.sf.ca.us> gaarder@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Gaarder) writes:
- >I have actually succeeded in getting a Fast SCSI/Buffered Ethernet (FSBE)
- >card, but have not succeed in getting it to work. When it is installed
- >in my SparcStation 2, I get 2 errors. During the probe time, the
- >message "esp1: no dma controller" appears. Later, I get:
- >
- >le1: panic: can't initialize chip
- >
- >and the system dumps core and halts. I've talked to Sun tech support;
- >sending me a new board didn't work, and now they're pretty clueless.
- >Any clues?
- >
- >Steven Gaarder Network and Systems Administrator
- >gaarder@actech.com A C Technology, Ithaca, N.Y., USA
-
- The FSBE uses a new DMA controller, I believe named DMAII. The Sparc2 software
- is looking for the older DMA+ part. If you want both SCSI-2 and Ethernet
- you should try our PT-SBS550 SCSI-2/Ethernet 10-base-T board. This board
- uses the DMA+ part and works fine on the Sparc2 machines.
-
- For more information on the PT-SBS550 send me mail, or call me at (716)
- 256-0200.
-
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- James M. Mooney jmm@pt.com
- District Sales Manager (716) 256-0200
- Performance Technologies, Inc. (716) 256-0791 FAX
-