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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Adaptec licensing
Date: 5 Sep 1995 13:33:53 GMT
Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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In article <42f6uu$6ng@hops.entertain.com>, Darryl Watson <dwatson@abwam.com> wrote:
>
>Is there any chance BSDi or Adaptec might back off on their respective
>stances? (Eyelash bat-bat-bat) Pretty please?
It might be easier to try integrating the FreeBSD drivers for the
Adaptec controllers instead. According to the FAQ included with
2.0.5-RELEASE:
Adaptec AH-154x Series <ISA>
AH-174x Series <EISA>
AH-152x Series <ISA>
Sound Blaster SCSI (AH-152x compat) <ISA>
AH-2742/2842 Series <ISA/EISA>
AH-2820/2822/2825 Series <VLB>
[...]
<2.X-Current Only>
Adaptec AH-294x and aic7870 MB controllers <PCI>
I'm told that the AHA-2940 driver automagically works with the
dual-channel AHA-3940 controller as well, although it doesn't support
command queueing yet.
>If not, are there any other controller manufacturers that compare in
>performance to Adaptec, that are supported by BSDi?
I like the NCR53c810 controllers myself (especially now that
BSD/OS supports them). They give you roughly the same performance as
the AHA-2940, but only cost about $60 each, making them ideal for
servers that need multiple controllers.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org