Subject:
Re: Question: Can anyone write device drivers/
From:
Jur van der Burg <"vdburg at hotmail dot com">
Date:
Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:39:09 +0100
Newsgroups:
comp.os.vms

Maybe I missed something, but the AH7892 works fine under VMS with the VMS'
supplied SYS$PKADRIVER. You only need to tweak the config files. No need
to write anything!

Jur.

David Turner, Island Computers US Corp wrote:
> Thanks
> But that is why I need someone to do it for us !
>
> $$$ !
>
> Dt
>
>
>
> "Jur van der Burg" <"vdburg at hotmail dot com"> wrote in message news:455ec277$0$324$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>> Well, I have the expertise but not the time to write a driver.
>> The good thing however is that you don't need to, the embedded
>> adaptec controller already has a driver ready to use.
>>
>> There are 3 things to do to get VMS running:
>>
>> 1.  Edit SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]FIRM_REV_MATRIX.DAT
>>
>> Locate this entry:
>>
>> ! SYSBOOT code overrides this entry for XP1000:
>> SYS_TYPE        = 34                    !HWRPB_SYSTYPE$K_TSUNAMI
>> CPU_TYPE        = 8                     !HWRPB_CPU_TYPE$K_EV6
>>    FIRM_ABS_MAJ = 5
>>    FIRM_ABS_MIN = 5
>>    FIRM_REC_MAJ = 6
>>    FIRM_REC_MIN = 8
>> END_SYS_TYPE
>>
>> Change FIRM_REC_MIN from 8 to 6.
>>
>> Save file as SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]FIRM_REV_MATRIX.DAT
>>
>> 2.  Edit SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]SYS$CONFIG.DAT
>>
>> Locate the next two entries and comment them out
>> bij placing an ! at the start of each line
>>
>> device          = "Adaptec Floppy (AHA1742A)"
>>   name          = DV
>>   driver        = SYS$DVDRIVER
>>   adapter       = EISA
>>   id            = "FLOP"
>>   flags         = ISA_ON_EISA
>> end_device
>>
>> device          = "Floppy"
>>   name          = DV
>>   driver        = SYS$DVDRIVER
>>   adapter       = XBUS
>>   id            = FLOP
>> end_device
>>
>> Save file as SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]SYS$CONFIG.DAT
>>
>> 3.  Edit SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSEXE]SYS$USER_CONFIG.DAT
>>
>> Add these lines:
>>
>> device          = "Intel 82557 LOM (Fast Ethernet)"
>>   name          = EI
>>   driver        = SYS$EIDRIVER
>>   adapter       = PCI
>>   id            = 0x12298086,0x800314D9
>>   boot_flags    = HW_CTRL_LTR, UNIT_0
>>   flags         = BOOT, NETWORK, EXTENDED_ID
>> end_device
>>
>> device          = "Intel 82557 LOM (Fast Ethernet)"
>>   name          = EI
>>   driver        = SYS$EIDRIVER
>>   adapter       = PCI
>>   id            = 0x12298086,0x800414D9
>>   boot_flags    = HW_CTRL_LTR, UNIT_0
>>   flags         = BOOT, NETWORK, EXTENDED_ID
>> end_device
>>
>> device          = "Adaptec AIC-7892"
>>   name          = PK
>>   driver        = sys$pkadriver.exe
>>   adapter       = PCI
>>   id            = 0x00809005,0x800214D9
>>   boot_class    = DK
>>   boot_flags    = HW_CTRL_LTR, UNIT_0
>>   flags         = SCSI, PORT, BOOT
>> end_device
>>
>> Save file as SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]SYS$USER_CONFIG.DAT
>>
>>
>> Notice that there are some different flavors of this system around,
>> I know there is a type with a different embedded scsi controller
>> for which you need to copy a driver, but I don't have such a system
>> anymore and I forgot the details. It is possible to make it run though.
>>
>> You need to uncomment the floppy stuff above to make sure you
>> won't crash during boot. The embedded floopy controller is there,
>> but there's nothing attached to it and that's something the driver
>> does not expect. Since it's not used anyway it's safe to remove
>> it from the configuration.
>>
>> The firmware file does not need to be changed, all you get is
>> an annoying message each boot. The edit takes care of that.
>>
>> Installing VMS is a breeze if you prepare a disk for this system
>> to boot from by doing the above steps. Just copy an installation
>> cd to hard disk, make the above changes, boot from the disk and
>> off you go. Or you can burn a modified cd of course.
>>
>> Here's the system on which I'm doing the LDdriver development work:
>>
>> $ ld version
>> %LD-I-VERSION, LD version V9.0, module X-9 built on Nov 17 2006 17:51:19
>> -LD-I-DRIVERVERSION, Driver version: 17-NOV-2006 17:29:36.26 (MON version)
>> -LD-I-SYSINFO, Node: THEBAT, Hardware: hp AlphaServer DS20L 833 MHz, VMS version: V8.3
>>
>> Jur.
>>
>>
>> David Turner, Island Computers US Corp wrote:
>>> OK
>>>
>>> Situation
>>>
>>> We have a bunch of DS20L Dual 833Mhz systems that were designed for Tru64 and Linux
>>> The Adaptec controller is a AHA 7892 - a non vms compliant ctr.
>>> Does anyone have the expertise to write a driver for this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Email me at dturner-at-islandco-com
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> DT 
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