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To: Tom <tom@sdf.com>, Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com>
cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au
Subject: Re: Diamond FirePort 40 
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    from Tom at "Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:22:27 +0000"
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:04:16 +1000
From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au>
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On Monday, 10th November 1997, Tom wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Mark Mayo wrote:
>
>> Has anyone tried the Diamond FirePort 40 or FirePort 40 Dual
>> SCSI controllers yet? How are they?
>
>  They work, but I'm not sure if the driver turns Ultra on yet.

I have a FirePort 40 for personal use.  It works fine and runs my disk
at the full manufacturer's claimed speed.  2.2.2 did not support the
53C875J chip in the FirePort 40.  2.2.5 and -current support it at full
speed.  The LED doesn't work under FreeBSD, so you miss out on some
flashing lights.

The ncrcontrol program is a selling point.  I know of no equivalent for
the Adaptec controllers.

I've not seen the dual version, so you would have to try that yourself.
If it is just 2 SCSI chips behind a PCI-PCI bridge it should work.

Stephen.