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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!csn!copper!aspen.craycos.com!scott From: scott@craycos.com (Scott Bolte) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Ultrastor 34F & NetBSD - does it work?? ... Yes it does Summary: Ultrastore 34F works Message-ID: <1993May28.143641.13991@craycos.com> Date: 28 May 93 14:36:41 GMT References: <C7pqt2.2rH@percy.rain.com> Organization: Cray Computer Corporation Lines: 34 In article <C7pqt2.2rH@percy.rain.com> leop@percy.rain.com (Leo) writes: >Has anyone tried using an Ultrastor 34F with NetBSD? It's supposed to >be "Adaptec compatible". Does it work and did you have to do any >special setup? > > ... I don't know about the "Adaptec compatible" mode. But it is supposed to be compatible with the Ultrastore 14F, for which there is a driver. It turns out that there is one slight difference that prevented the driver from working as is. Fortunately Alison Schary (aqs@cyborg.EE.CORNELL.EDU) and Bob Byrnes came up with the addition that allows a 34F to be used with 386BSD (0.1 w/ 0.2.2) and NetBSD. She has tested the controller with a tape drive while I tested it with a disk drive. The change has been sent to Julian for his blessing. Once he has made sure it makes sense it will be sent to the NetBSD, patches, and Jolitz folks. It will also be posted to the net. Stay tuned, Scott P.S. Does anyone have any async or random I/O disk benchmarks? I have iozone but it is sequential only. -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Scott Bolte scott@craycos.com +1 719 540 4186 Cray Computer Corporation, 1110 Bayfield Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 As anyone here will tell you: I speak for myself. *** Celebrate Diversity ***