From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 21 16:57:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA28262 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:57:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA28257 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:57:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 103Uu1-0005C9-00; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:56:50 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id AAA00338; Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:56:19 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA16467; Fri, 22 Jan 99 00:56:17 GMT Message-Id: <36A7CC8C.C945385F@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:55:40 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "Roger P. Johnson" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD *ever* fix their 2940U drivers ??????????????? References: <199901212151.PAA21383@fep.hirshfields.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Roger P. Johnson" wrote: > > > > > I too have around 6-7 of these controllers, some work - some don't work... I > > was talking to a guy a while ago with a view of publishing our findings... > > Basically 'some cards don't work with some boards', I beleive theres timing > > problems (or similar) with some cards, and some motherboards... > > > > Has anyone tried a different brand contoller under this circumstance ? > > Would it even matter ? Does FreeBSD use the same SCSI controller "guts" for all > PCI SCSI cards ? > FWIW, I'm using a Diamond Fireport 40 (U/W) and it is rock solid. > I am looking at Buslogic BT-956C (F/W) and BT-948 (Ultra Narrow), but of courese > I cannot find any documentaion (as of 2.2.6) that the BT-948 is supported. Is anyone > using it ?? > > I'm curious enough to find a solution bad enough to risk getting burned (again), > and try the Buslogic card. > > Roger > rjohnson@hirshfields.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message