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Date:      Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:44:58 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
To:        schrade@schrade.com (Ken Krebs)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RELNOTES.TXT
Message-ID:  <199901190544.WAA06318@panzer.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901181210010.9972-100000@shell3.ba.best.com> from Ken Krebs at "Jan 18, 99 12:16:11 pm"

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Ken Krebs wrote...
> 
> In /usr/src/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT it lists the following for
> supported adaptec controllers:
> 
> Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
> Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
> Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
> Adaptec 274X/284X/2920/2940/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series
>                   ^^^^
> EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers.
> Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers.
> 
> 
> As far as I know, I don't think the 2920 is supported since it's not a
> standard adaptec card (it was bought from another company)

The 2920 is a rebadged Future Domain card, and you're right, it isn't
supported.  The 2920C, on the other hand, has an Adaptec 7855 on board and
it is supported.  The release notes should probably be qualified.

> If I'm wrong, I'd be really pleased since we've been trying to get one of
> these cards to be supported in FreeBSD 3.0-current.
>   
> But if I'm right, it should be removed because it's sure to piss people
> off :)

It should be qualified.

> The last known source for the old patches to get this card working are at
> the following URL:
> 
> http://www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/r/rmike/freebsd/welcome.html
> 
> They, of course, don't work with CAM.

Yep.

-- 
Kenneth Merry
ken@plutotech.com

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