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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: jaitken@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jeff Aitken) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940W card on netbsd/freebsd? Date: 17 Nov 1994 00:03:08 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3aeo6c$s8c@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <mfrCzDM0C.GJt@netcom.com> Reply-To: jaitken@vt.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: csugrad.cs.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Mark Frost (mfr@netcom.com) wrote: : Gulp. I just bought an Adaptec 2940W controller card with the PC I just : ordered today (I got it 'cuz the onlyi other scsi controller the company : had was an NCR card and I was quite sure I've never seen that one mentioned : in conjunction with freebsd/netbsd). Someone I spoke with a week or two ago indicated that there may be support for the 2xxx line of cards. The one I asked specifically about was the 28xx (the VLB version, and just Fast SCSI-2, AFAIK). Anyway, the person I received mail from (sorry, forgot the name and don't have the message handy), said that he'd hashed out some sort of fairly stable driver for it (I think he claimed that he'd not had any cpu panics for a week, which probably means his machine died a horrible death about 5 minutes after sending me the email, but... ;) In any case, Jordan also indicated that there might be some form of support for at least the 28xx card(s) in 2.0 (I suppose 2.0 BETA, or maybe 2.1) So you might be OK. However, I'd second the recommendation of trading for the NCR card - it's a *lot* cheaper (I got mine for $79), and it is supported right now. Plus, the guys who wrote the driver have proven quite helpful to a certain bungling ametuer... namely, me! ;) In case you were wondering, the problem with Adaptec is that they are generally unwilling to release programming information without some type of NDA. There are ways around this, but that only applies to weirdos who like to write awful things like device drivers. :) -- Jeff Aitken jaitken@vt.edu