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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!mfr From: mfr@netcom.com (Mark Frost) Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940W card on netbsd/freebsd? Message-ID: <mfrCzE3n8.ML6@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <mfrCzDM0C.GJt@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 02:16:19 GMT Lines: 22 In article <mfrCzDM0C.GJt@netcom.com>, 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). > >The 2940W is supposed to be the fast/wide scsi-3 controller. Is it possible >(oh please, please) that there is support for this under either freebsd >or netbsd? > >Thanks > >-mark frost As a followup to this, if the support is not there, what would it take to get it in? I mean, I'd be willing to work on it if this is something a person who has never written a device driver (but has UNIX and C experience) can do.... -mark frost (again)