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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5/EISA/AHA1740 not finding drives
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands 
Message-ID: <E1oxwG.Gy1@yedi.iaf.nl>
References: <329B228D.167EB0E7@microware.com> <57fght$le8@raven.eva.net>   <329B8DFC.41C67EA6@mindspring.com>   <Pine.SUN.3.90.961126180822.23868B-100000@bighorn.accessnv.com> <57l3eb$hr0@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 16:02:40 GMT
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>"J.C. Archambeau" <jca@accessnv.com> wrote:

>> Well, you need to submit a problem report.  It is quite possible that
>> the 174x driver was broken during the upgrade process.  One harsh reality
>> with EISA systems is that there is little support for EISA cards and what
>> little support may end up getting broken during a kernel upgrade.

>EISA systems are not broken per se.  Our scratch machine at work is a
>PCI/EISA machine with an AHA2742 in it, and it has been running all

So is my scratch box. No problems with the 1740 whatsoever. It's a
Philips EISA mainboard BTW

Wilko