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From: Mark Abene <phiber@radicalmedia.com>
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Subject: Re: symbios card...
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Thanks!  What are the pros/cons of using the newer sym driver versus the
older ncr driver?  Which would you recommend with a 53C825?  Does it matter?

Cheers,
-Mark

On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:46:34PM +0100, Gérard Roudier wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Mark Abene wrote:
> 
> > Would anyone care to comment on whether the Symbios 53C825 (NOT 825A) is
> > supported by FreeBSD?  I saw mention of the 825A in the hardware list, but
> > not a plain 825.
> 
> The NCR53C825 is supported by FreeBSD since at least 6 years. :)
> (Was a NCR product at this time)
> 
> Anyway, the hardware list needs to be updated for newer chips (i.e. I
> should have updated it).
> 
> At the moment and at least for RELENG4:
> 
> - The SYM driver supports all 53C8XX A and not-A chips and also the
>   53C1010-33, 53C1010-66, 53C1010R, 53C1000 and 53C1000R
>   Ultra3 controllers.
> 
> - The NCR driver supports all 53C8XX A and not-A chips, may-be excepted 
>   the 53C875A.
>   (Adding the 53C875A chip description will make it support the chip).
> 
> For Ultra3 controllers under RELENG3, I would suggest to use an updated
> SYM driver, as the sym-2.1.6 available from
> http://people.freebsd.org/~groudier/
> 
>   Gérard.


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