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To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 13:11:47 -0700
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> * Wasn't that "lots of problems" with a particular model of Adaptec
> * controller?  So far, my only problem with the OEM versions of the
> * controllers I work with has been resolved by disabling SCAM support, and
> * verifying the BIOS rev of the controller. I guess we must just be living
> * clean. ;-)
>
>Well, that particular "model" is called the 2940/3940 series.  Your
>mileage may vary, but chances are that you can't use them under very
>heavy load.

   I wouldn't characterize the load on wcarchive as "light", and I haven't
had any problems with the driver since Justin's recent fixes. It's been
completely stable.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project