Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:10:24 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: Chikuang Chen <b83015@ee.ntu.edu.tw> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI adapter Message-ID: <19990113001023.B14920@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <369B38BC.5A7B1CB1@mail.ee.ntu.edu.tw>; from Chikuang Chen on Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 07:57:48PM %2B0800 References: <369B38BC.5A7B1CB1@mail.ee.ntu.edu.tw>
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On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 07:57:48PM +0800, Chikuang Chen wrote: > dear sir, > > Will freebsd programming group provide > BusLogic FlashPoint LT (BT-930) PCI SCSI controller driver some day? > > I really want to install freebsd on my computer, but I have waited > 2 or 3 years, but it still doesn't support my SCSI card..... you would do better by getting a real scsi host adapter. back when buslogic forst released these ms windows scsi host adapters, teh processor is a ms windows dll file. buslogic gave all teh people who purchased a flashpoint lt and flashpoint dt for use with linux (and one freebsd user, me) a rebate to up grade to a bt-946, but i up graded to a bt-958 and it has worked very well as a pci scsi uw host adapter. the freebsd driver sees teh bt-958 as a generic bt-946, this is the card the driver was written for and is a good card as well. buslogic is not going to release teh information required to build a driver for teh dt lt series cards .. so they said two years ago. so far not even teh energetic linux crowd has produced a driver by reverese enginering an lt . as far as i know. sorry to bring such bad news .. cheap is getting to be a dangerious way to buy hard ware, especially if it has microsoft device on teh front covor. regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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