KZPEA bios?

[Mike Foley]

	It's stuff like this that frustrates me that API didn't
	release its Linux-based BIOS replacement for SRM.

					mike
				former API technical marketing engineer
				who tried REALLY hard to get it released
				and still has a copy someplace of the
				sources.

Jay Estabrook wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 09:06:13AM -0600, Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
> 
>>I recently eBayed an Adaptec 39160 scsi card, having read ion Hideki Goto's
>>page that it was "close enough" to the KZPEA to be recognized as such by the
>>XP1000 and some other newer boxes.
>>
>>On my XP1000, he one I got is recognized by SRM and AlphaBios as an Adaptec,
>>not the KZ.
> 
> 
> Recognized as which Adaptec? My XP1000 (SRM v5.8) recognizes the
> CPQ-branded 39160 as chipset 7899, and never mentions KZPEA...
> 
> 
>>I got my late-model PWS to recognize the card in a 64-bit slot as
>>well, but it did not read a brand name off the bios.
> 
> 
> How were you accessing that?
> 
> 
>>(On an early-model PWS SRM refused to load because of the "illegal
>>device" on the bus)
> 
> 
> Um, try:
> 
> 	>>> set pci_device_override -1
> 
> 
>>In both cases the "recognition" was in "show config."  The card nor
>>the drive attached to it did not show in "show device."
> 
> 
> On both XP1000 and the PWS's?
> 
> 
>>Under AlphaBios, the device and attached drives did show up and were
>>accessible.
> 
> 
> Oh, for an XP1000 MILO... ;-}
> 
> 
>>The Adaptec came with the 2.57 bios and an "S" code, which Adaptec' manual
>>says indicates it was a proprietary card.  I flashed with the 3.10 bios, which
>>took out the proprietary code.  This however has not helped things on the XP.
> 
> 
> I'm not surprised, as (IIRC) only the latest SRMs on the latest platforms
> seem to be capable/enabled to run SCSI BIOSes. Earlier SRM did not depend
> on the BIOSes for anything, IIRC.
> 
> 
>>Is there a Compaq BIOS for the KZPEA, and if so how can I get it?
> 
> 
> AFAIK, there's not a COMPAQ-specific  BIOS for it.
> 
> As another data point, I've tried some other Adaptec family members
> (29160/29160N, both of which use the 7892 chipset, and 2940U2W), and
> none are recognized by SRM.
> 
> Sigh...
> 
> Sorry, Jon, you may be stuck with booting from the QLogic or IDE... :-\
> 
>  --Jay++
> 
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