As suspected and Thanks to the quick response from Dr. Tom Blinn.
Look like back to the vendor it go with a new PO.
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To: "Tri H. Tran" <thtran_at_xxx.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: Commercial Compaq SYM8952U Ultra2 SCSI in XP1000?
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:59:53 PST."
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:04:49 -0500
From: "Dr Thomas.Blinn_at_HP.com" <tpb_at_xxx.dec.com>
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Your analysis would appear to be correct. There are a variety
of SCSI controller built using that chip family, only some of
them actually work correctly with the driver in Tru64 UNIX, and
it sure looks like the one you bought doesn't work. And since
we're not doing driver updates to that SIM (as far as I know),
I doubt it will ever work.
You need to find a part that was specifically marketed for use
with Tru64 UNIX (or the older Digital UNIX). They are out there
but you have to know what you're looking for. The QuickSpec may
still be available for that older system, it would list those
Compaq options that were supported.
Tom
> Purchased the above controller from an internet vendor.
> The unit is from Compaq but I suspect that since it a
> generic controller for the PC market, it won't work in
> my XP1000. Is this correct? Getting the below error
> message upon bootup. Tried booting via genvmunix and
> recompiling the kernel without any result. Running v5.1a
> by the way.
>
> Oct 27 13:27:18 ambient vmunix: ccfg_simattach()
> Oct 27 13:27:18 ambient vmunix: SIM Attach Failed, sim_init() reported FAIL=
> URE - Retry.
> Oct 27 13:27:18 ambient vmunix: itpsa_attach_instance: Failure status retur=
> ned from xpt_bus
> _register()
> Oct 27 13:27:18 ambient vmunix: itpsa_confl1: itpsa0 attach failed
>
> --
>
Tom
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Received on Mon Oct 27 2003 - 22:18:08 NZDT