Fellow system managers:
Another toughie!
The platform involved is an
Alpha Station 600/5 266Mhz with 128MB memory
firmware is at CD v3.5 SRM 4.1-2
ARC 4.43
VMSPAL 1.25-2
OSFPAL 1.18-1
SROM 1.1
The driver in question is the 3rd party device driver for the Systran
SCRAMNet +, PCI, 32-bit card.
On the AlphaStation 600 platform only, the call to the iohandle_to_phys()
is not working when trying to retrieve a dense space address on the
AlphaStation 600. The exact same code works on the AlphaStation 1000.
The actual call in the driver is as follows:
vm_offset_t mem0_base;
mem0_base = iohandle_to_phys( pci_cfg_hdr->bar1,
HANDLE_ESE_SPACE | HANDLE_LONGWORD );
On further examination of the returned mem0_base address we see that it is
actually returing a sparce space address (80.0000.0000 hex - AS600) when
what we expect is a dense space physical address (86.0000.0000 hex -
AS600).
We are awaiting a reply from DEC CSC but so far they have not provided very
good direction. The suggestions from CSC have included uploading firmware
several versions back and swapping the card into a 32-bit slot. We did try
each of the suggestions received, we even stripped the unit of all other
cards in order to 'guarrantee' that no other card's footprint was involved.
Each time we run, we are experiencing the same issues.
Systran has done all they can to support us, including comming on-site and
taking all of our abuse in a good hearted fashion.
Any inputs, advice, horror stories are welcome. This card is unfortunately
a necessary evil to the project I am trying to support and so I am really
stumped here. Of course, the platforms I must get this card to interface
with are working admirably and the parties involved in them swear by the
SCRAMNet.
Bonnie DeBruler
debruler_at_eglin.af.mil
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Received on Fri Jul 19 1996 - 16:40:01 NZST