Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:35:16 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: gibbs@plutotech.com, jdc@denver.net, hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( Message-ID: <199704221736.LAA06226@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:30:08 MDT." <3.0.1.32.19970422113008.006fe914@lariat.org>
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>At 10:32 AM 4/22/97 -0500, gibbs@plutotech.com wrote: > >>You should try installing from releng22.FreeBSD.org as that has the latest >>version of the aic7xxx driver which should fix most of your problems. > >Is this the version of the Adaptec driver included in 2.2.1-R? Or is there >yet a newer version of the SCSI code with still more fixes? This is newer. >I've got one machine without any SCSI drives running 2.2.1-R, but I'm >waiting to hear that Adaptec SCSI support is rock solid before using 2.2.X >on a machine with SCSI drives. So far, I've seen complaints of problems >with SCSI CD-ROMs, so I've held back. > >Is there a 2.2-STABLE branch yet? When is the next 2.2.X release likely to >occur? The 2.2 branch will become (or is?) 2.2-stable and is what is used to build the daily snapshots available on releng22.FreeBSD.org. >Finally (I know I'm full of questions this morning), why are there so many >problems with the Adaptec 29XX series of adapters and motherboard chips on >all platforms (not just FreeBSD)? With all the bug reports involving this >chip on Linux, FreeBSD, NT, Windows, etc. I'm getting wary of purchasing >them, despite their popularity. Take a look at the driver. It's a complicated state engine. The Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD driver are all based on the same work (mine), so they have similar problems/features. Another thing that contributes to problems with the "free" drivers is that Adaptec doesn't give out engineering contacts to "little guys". >--Brett Glass -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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