Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 10:36:30 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: paulj@xs4all.nl (Paul Jongsma) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec PCI 7870? Message-ID: <199512061036.KAA00941@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199512051117.AA01374@xs1.xs4all.nl> from "Paul Jongsma" at Dec 5, 95 12:17:44 pm
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Paul Jongsma stands accused of saying: > > Based on FreeBsd 2.1 I'd like to build a nice server based on a > pentium system. The local computerdealer claims that the Adaptec > 7870 controller he is offering is compatible with a 2940W controller. One would expect so; certainly the 7870 is supported, whether its implementation on this particular adapter is supported is less clear. > Is this a fact? Will FreeBSD recognise this controller? Please email > if you have any experience with this controller + FreeBSD. The 7870 is a chip, not a whole controller. It is, AFAIK, the chip used in the 2940. > Paul -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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