More detailed notes on just what's wrong with the Buslogic controllers

(and which ones).

diff --git a/KNOWNBUGS b/KNOWNBUGS
index faf6e2b..6c65458 100644 (file)
--- a/KNOWNBUGS
+++ b/KNOWNBUGS
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ keyboard problems.
        easy - simply turn it off using your EISA configuration utility.
        With the Bt445S, which is a VLB card, you must switch the undocumented
        "SW10" on "SB2" to the off position.  Also note that certain revisions
        easy - simply turn it off using your EISA configuration utility.
        With the Bt445S, which is a VLB card, you must switch the undocumented
        "SW10" on "SB2" to the off position.  Also note that certain revisions

-       of the Buslogic firmware can cause data corruption with systems
-       containing more than 16Mb of memory.  If you find this to be the case,
-       temporarily remove your extra memory and contact Buslogic for an
-       upgrade.
+       of the Buslogic board (Revision C or earlier, firmware revision <3.37)
+       will cause DATA CORRUPTION with systems containing more than 16MB of
+       memory.  If you find this to be the case, temporarily remove your
+       extra memory and contact Buslogic for an upgrade!

 
 /usr/bin/find
        find doesn't work on CDROM's. You need to call find with the
 
 /usr/bin/find
        find doesn't work on CDROM's. You need to call find with the


@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ keyboard problems.
        Problem is already known by the gawk maintainers and will be fixed
        in the next release of gawk.
 
        Problem is already known by the gawk maintainers and will be fixed
        in the next release of gawk.
 

-$Id: KNOWNBUGS,v 1.9 1994/03/20 18:04:18 ats Exp $
+$Id: KNOWNBUGS,v 1.10 1994/03/21 15:13:20 ache Exp $

diff --git a/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
index 70b4e33..03531f5 100644 (file)
--- a/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
+++ b/RELNOTES.FreeBSD
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
 Buslogic 545S.
 Buslogic 445S VLB SCSI controller
 Buslogic 742A and 747.
 Buslogic 545S.
 Buslogic 445S VLB SCSI controller
 Buslogic 742A and 747.

-Please see special notes in /usr/src/KNOWNBUGS for details concerning
-possible buggy firmware and undocumented switch settings that
-may be necessary for proper operation of your controller.
+Please see special notes in /usr/src/KNOWNBUGS (filed under bt742a.c) for
+details concerning possible buggy firmware and undocumented switch settings
+that may be necessary for proper operation of your controller.

 
 DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode (as long as
 you have less than 16MB of main memory).
 
 DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode (as long as
 you have less than 16MB of main memory).


@@ -296,4 +296,4 @@ hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
 
                        The FreeBSD Core Group
 
 
                        The FreeBSD Core Group
 

-$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.24 1994/02/24 06:49:44 jkh Exp $
+$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.25 1994/03/20 00:22:08 jkh Exp $