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| author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-15 21:28:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-15 21:28:59 +0000 |
| commit | d1d481b434b20d895a07d42eaacf2c488ffd56c1 (patch) | |
| tree | 4a897111db49e221dcc66458dc2da82cdf530ed2 /release/sysinstall/help | |
| parent | 66049ce4319fd3e53771dfcef7d30cc784a1f15a (diff) | |
Notes
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| -rw-r--r-- | release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp | 72 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp index ff277a092326..b3c42fdf08e8 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp @@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ o Support for using VESA video modes. It is now possible to select and o Support for AdvanSys SCSI controllers -o Support for the Compaq QLogic SCSI controller. +o Support for QLogic SCSI and Fibre Channel controllers. -o Support for Adaptec 7895 based controllers (new 3840 et al). +o Support for Adaptec 7890, 7891, 7895, 7896 and 7897 based controllers + (new 2940/2950/3940/3950 et al). o The ed0 (wd8xxxx, 3c503, NE2000, HP Lan+) Ethernet device's default IRQ has changed from IRQ 5 to IRQ 10. @@ -376,6 +377,11 @@ makes tty-mode emacs work when called from system(2), i.e. by a mail agent. Several syntax bugs have been fixed. [MERGED: Also in 2.2.8 and later releases on 2.2-STABLE branch] +systat(1), iostat(8), rpc.rstatd(8), and vmstat(8) have been +overhauled to use the new devstat(3) library and devstat(9) statistics +subsystem. Among other enhancements, these utilities (well, with the +exception of rpc.rstatd(8)) now print out more useful statistics, and can +see statistics for all devices in the system, not just the first 8. 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- @@ -400,20 +406,11 @@ ATA Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI -controllers. -Adaptec AIC7850 and AIC7895 on-board SCSI controllers. +Adaptec 274X/284X/2920/2940/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series +EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers. +Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers. -** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no - on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the - system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes, - CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card - without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally - indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up - or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them. - Check your system/board documentation for more details. - -AdvanSys ADP9xx controllers. +AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models). Buslogic 545S & 545c Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller @@ -421,6 +418,8 @@ Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller +DPT SCSI/RAID controllers (most variants). + SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI controllers: ASUS SC-200 @@ -430,26 +429,17 @@ controllers: Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F Tyan S1365 -Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the -AMD 53c974 as well). - -NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. -Compaq QLogic controllers. +QLogic SCSI and Fibre Channel controllers. DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. -UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - -Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - -Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - -WD7000 SCSI controller. - With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including -DAT and 8mm Exabyte) and CD ROM drives. +SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks, +tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor +target devices and CDROM drives. WORM devices that support CDROM commands +are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver. WORM/CD-R/CD-RW +writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree. The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and @@ -460,13 +450,33 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (wcd) ATAPI IDE interface -Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware: +The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are +NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: + + Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the + AMD 53c974 as well). + + NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. + + UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. + + Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. + + Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + + WD7000 SCSI controller. Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. + [ Note: There is work-in-progress to port the AIC-6260/6360 and + UltraStor drivers to the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on + when or if they will be completed. ] + +Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware: + Floppy tape interface (Colorado/Mountain/Insight) (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models) |
