Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 10:52:27 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: sigma@pair.com (Kevin Martin), freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buslogic 948 (and 946) Message-ID: <199605271752.KAA28913@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 May 1996 00:18:20 %2B0930." <199605271448.AAA27700@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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>Depends on what you're trying to do. For most use, the NCR >53C810-based cards are more than adequate, and considerably cheaper. >The 3940 really only buys you two busses on one card, as Adaptec aren't >giving away enough info on using its' onboard hardware to the best either. Are you thinking of the 3985? The 3940 is a dual 2940, nothing more. The FreeBSD driver takes full advantage of that card. The 3985 is their RAID controller. My 7810 manual is supposedly in the mail (this is the manual for the DRAM parity until on the 3985) so we may support that card someday too. >Don't buy up big just at the moment though, as DPT are making noises about >coming to the FreeBSD party, which would put a new player in the #1 >spot in terms of high-end SCSI controllers. Most definitely. >> Kevin Martin > >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ >]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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