28 Apr
2006
28 Apr
'06
5:27 p.m.
James Rice wrote:
I remember that now. My 320 is IDE only. i don't
have a SCSI card for it.
On 4/27/06, Jochen Kunz <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:08:16 -0500
> "James Rice" <james.rice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think that the Adaptec card for the 320/540 had special firmware.
> IIRC the VW wants a QLogic ISP10[248]0 because they are supported by the
> main board firmware or somthing like this.
IIRC, the board's "BIOS" (firmware) announced itself (i.e.
a banner typical of most adaptec controllers on bootstrap)
and then just hung -- as if the controller was probing
the SCSI bus and waiting for replies from (nonexistent)
devices on that bus.
So, it looks like the VW's firmware at least transfers control
*to* the card's BIOS to some extent. But, perhaps doesn't
have the right framework in place for the card and it to
coordinate their activities? I don't care if I can't *boot*
from a SCSI device. But, I would like for the
bootstrap
PROCESS to continue and let Windows decide to recognize
the card or not...
I.e. I could understand if the VW's firmware had something
in it's PCI enumeration algorithm that just refused to talk
to anything that it didn't recognize ("support").
More to the point: does the VW place any other restrictions
(aside from 3.3V which the PCI connectors mechanically "enforce")
on the choice of cards that I can stuff in the box?