Yesterday I asked some questions about adding a Xylogics 7053 disk controller
to a Sun 3/160. Specifically, I was interested in whether or not a patch
tape was necessary for SunOS 4.0.1, and if the controller could reside in
slots 10-12 which have a common P2 bus. The answer is yes to both questions.
John Valdes (valdes@geosun.uchicago.edu) wrote:
> 1. If you're running 4.0.1, you'll need the patch tape. It contains
> updated versions of format and the disk drivers (xd_conf.c and xd.o)
> for 4.0.1.
> 2. Given you're current configuation, slot 10 should be fine. The 1st
> VME/SMD disk controller can go in 7-12, the 2nd, 8-12. The Xy451 must
> be *before* the SMD disk controller (i.e., if your 7053 is in slot 10,
> the 451 must be in a slot < 10). A note to the slot assignment table
> mentions that the maximum number of disk controllers for a 3/160 is 2.
> Backplane jumpers PX03 and PX04 for the slot must be OUT.
> VIEW SLOT FROM FRONT OF SYSTEM
> --
> | | : PX00
> | | : PX01
> P | | : PX02
> 1 | | : PX03
> | |
> | | : PX04
> | |
> --
> 3. You may need to update your boot PROM. The minimum revision is 2.7.
> This might only be necessary if you want to boot from a disk on the
> 7053, though.
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And Jerry Stachowski (agcsun!jerry@boulder.COLORADO.edu) explains ...
> The patch tape for the SMD-4 fixes a bug in the format program. Without
>the patch, you need to save the bad block list away, because format rewrites
>the list in a format that only it and the 7053 (or 753) can read. Just in
>case you don't have it,the part number on the patch tape is 700-1805-11 Rev. A.
Many thanks to the following for responding to my query!
valdes@geosun.uchicago.edu
agcsun!jerry@boulder.COLORADO.edu
Piete.Brooks@computer-lab.cambridge.ac.uk
-Martin <martin@poa.nrel.colostate.edu>
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