Cannot install onto mpt-driven drive
Doug White
dwhite at gumbysoft.com
Sun Aug 22 19:35:50 PDT 2004
On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > mpt0 at pci4:5:0: class=0x010000 card=0x014a1028 chip=0x00301000 rev=0x07
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'LSI Logic (Was: Symbios Logic, NCR)'
> > device = 'LSI53C1020/1030 PCI-X to Ultra320 SCSI Controller'
> > class = mass storage
> > subclass = SCSI
>
> There is a subtle difference in the card:
>
> mpt1 at pci2:3:1: class=0x010000 card=0x10401028 chip=0x00301000 rev=0x07 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'LSI Logic (Was: Symbios Logic, NCR)'
> device = 'LSI53C1020/1030 PCI-X to Ultra320 SCSI Controller'
> class = mass storage
> subclass = SCSI
>
> I have a PE server as well that has another slightly different card:
>
> mpt0 at pci1:4:0: class=0x010000 card=0x01351028 chip=0x00301000 rev=0x07 hdr=0x00
> vendor = 'LSI Logic (Was: Symbios Logic, NCR)'
> device = 'LSI53C1020/1030 PCI-X to Ultra320 SCSI Controller'
> class = mass storage
> subclass = SCSI
>
> This works fine as well.
Hm, I guess the one in your workstation is a wierd variant. Advancing the
product ID is a common tactic for showing different silicon & packaging
revisions, rather than bumping the PCI revision byte. That particular rev
may be more prone to use chains due to memory requirements or whatever. I
guess the poweredge variants don't exercise that particular feature. :)
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