From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 15:14:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA21395 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:14:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA21390 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:14:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com) Received: (from gibbs@localhost) by narnia.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.7.3) id QAA27936; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:12:02 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:12:02 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199712052312.QAA27936@narnia.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 References: <199712051938.LAA07942@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199712051938.LAA07942@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> From: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com (Justin T. Gibbs) Subject: Re: FW: support for AIC 7895 X-Original-Newsgroups: pluto.freebsd.hackers To: Ulf Zimmermann cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199712051938.LAA07942@gatekeeper.alameda.net>, Ulf Zimmermann writes: >> I recently put together a system based upon the Tyan Thunder 2 >> motherboard, which has on-board an Adaptec AIC 7895 SCSI controller. >> (This is supposed to be "equivalent to a 3940-AUW", to quote the >> motherboard documentation. Strangely, the Adaptec web site seems to >> contain no info on the AIC 7895.) > > Which is also incorrect. All 3940[|U|W|UW] I have seen are based on the > Adaptec AIC-7870 or AIC-7880. I guess you haven't seen the 3940AUW. This is a cost reduced version of the 3940 that uses a single aic7895 instead of two aic7880s and a Dec bridge chip. Although cost reduced, it should offer better performance than the older 3940 non A version. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================