From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 22 13:44:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA02905 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 13:44:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sand.sentex.ca (sand.sentex.ca [206.222.77.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA02899 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 13:44:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gravel (gravel.sentex.ca [205.211.165.210]) by sand.sentex.ca (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id QAA00396; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:47:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970422164742.00af0c80@sentex.net> X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:47:42 -0400 To: Kedar , Brett Glass From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970422195831.008ab994@gw1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 12:58 PM 4/22/97 -0700, Kedar wrote: >>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)? > > I'm not sure that this has been covered, so please forgive me if it >has. Adaptec apparently has 2 models out: > Model: AHA-2940AU > BIOS Version: 1.21 > Max Disk Read Bytes Second: 4MB. > > Model: AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra Wide > BIOS Version 1.23 > Max Disk Read Bytes Second: 8MB. > > We have had a *lot* of difficulty with the former. If the chip says >2940AU, it would be wise to stay away for the moment. This info is from >about a month back. Things might have changed. I found that enabling the "Plug and Play SCAM support" in the card's BIOS (even if your devices dont necessarily support it), helps a lot for that model... ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *