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#! rnews 2319 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!zpr.uni-koeln.de!se From: se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PCI SCSI Controller Question? Date: 18 Feb 1996 22:27:20 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 46 Sender: se@Sysiphos (Stefan Esser) Message-ID: <4g8948$qsj@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <4g6g9v$p6p@news.bu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sysiphos.mi.uni-koeln.de To: wechin@bu.edu (William Chin) Bcc: se In article <4g6g9v$p6p@news.bu.edu>, wechin@bu.edu (William Chin) writes: |> |> Hi- |> |> I was hoping to install FreeBSD on my computer but have |> a question about my hardware configuration. I have a |> |> HP Vectra 5/90c |> PCI Bus |> AMD PCI Bus SCSI controller (AMD 79c974) |> 1 scsi-2 HD 1.0GB |> 1 ide HD 240MB |> Matrox MGA-PCI/2+ |> |> I didn't see my SCSI controller on the list of "acceptable" |> hardware. Does this mean that I am not able to install |> FreeBSD with my current hardware, or is this controller similar |> to one on the list? Any help, comments, or suggestions would |> be greatly appreciated. While the Ethernet part of the AMD Combo-Chip (the 79c974 is the SCSI+Ethernet Combo, right ?) works with the lnc0 driver in FreeBSD, there currently is no support for the SCSI function. If I remember correctly, that chip is in some way related to the NCR 53c80 (for which a driver exists), but I may be way off ... Since it appears none of the developers has such a device, there most likely won't be a driver for it. Just get yourself a cheap NCR PCI SCSI card ($60) and you'll have a much higher performance solution than the AMD could ever be (for technical reasons: the AMD is a rather dumb controller, which causes lots of CPU interrupts, compared to the NCR or an Adaptec or BusLogic). Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>