From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 22 10:31:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA27086 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:31:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lariat.lariat.org ([129.72.251.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA27033; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:31:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from solo.lariat.org ([129.72.251.10]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA17588; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:30:45 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970422113008.006fe914@lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@lariat.org X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:30:08 -0600 To: gibbs@plutotech.com, jdc@denver.net From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <88256481.005E93A1.00@IWND1.infoworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 Is this the version of the Adaptec driver included in 2.2.1-R? Or is there yet a newer version of the SCSI code with still more fixes? 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? 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. --Brett Glass