support for 2gb FC HBAs in v5.1A

From: Jeff Berliner (jeff_at_endeavor.med.nyu.edu)
Date: 04/20/05

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            Managers, we're looking to add FibreChannel support to some
    existing Alphas (DS20E's and ES40's) running Tru64 v5.1A (V5.1 1885
    alpha).

            We've installed the cards (DS-KGPSA-DA cards), can see them at
    the >>> prompt (wwidmgr works nicely, etc). But when we boot our
    machine into t64 with the cards patched into our switch, it "lip
    storms" the switch, and the machine hangs. This seems to be a driver
    issue. I believe the OS is seeing it (after a doconfig), since it logs
    this on startup:

    pr 19 15:28:51 shamrock vmunix: emx0 at pci1 slot 7
    Apr 19 15:28:51 shamrock vmunix: emx0: Using console topology setting
    of : Fabric

            So, the long question is, what is needed to support these
    controllers on 5.1A? I looked into NHD6, but that has nothing obvious
    in its release notes about FC support. Any guidance is appreciated!
    Thanks!

                                             - Jeff 

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