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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de!juengst From: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD with Adaptec 2940 ? Date: 28 Aug 1995 13:19:27 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik Lines: 37 Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Distribution: world Message-ID: <41sfp0$d2t@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <411nk7$7vt@mc3.mcnet.ch> <809170712.20021@paul.demon.co.uk> <41ho0u$31p@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <pope-2808951223210001@pope.edunet.dk> Reply-To: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de NNTP-Posting-Host: saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de In article <pope-2808951223210001@pope.edunet.dk>, pope@edunet.dk (Povl H. Pedersen) writes: >In article <41ho0u$31p@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>, >juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de wrote: > >: In article <809170712.20021@paul.demon.co.uk>, paul@paul.demon.co.uk >(Paul Civati) writes: >: >Benoit Rossier (Benoit.Rossier@mcnet.ch) wrote: >: >> Is NetBSD for Intel platform support SCSI card Adaptec 2940 ? >: > >: >There is a beta driver for current, yes. >: > >: >: You can find a really "current" version :-| via anonymous ftp at >: boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de, directory pub/NetBSD/elchware. I had to >: modify Stefans version, because there were to many modifications >: in the current kernel sources. > >Is the Adaptec 7850 chip supported ? It is a fast-SCSI controller used on >many higher end Pentium machines. It is not currently supported by Linux >so I am considering a switch to netBSD > The source code includes a 7xxx assembler. I have added patches so that this assembler will be used to compile the micro code, if one rebuilds a kernel. The Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller has an AIC 7870 chip onboard. Henry -- juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.161.1] (internet) juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.161.41] saph1::juengst [13.259] (decnet) Any opinions in this mail are my own.