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From: Frank Nobis <fn@Radio-do.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 BIOS version and FreeBSD
Date: 20 May 1997 21:00:02 +0200
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>>>>> "Tony" == Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> writes:
Tony> I have a question regarding the BIOS version on the 2940
Tony> SCSI controller. I have a DEC Prioris with a 2940 SCSI ctlr
Tony> at BIOS version 1.16 . I know that the latest version is
Tony> 1.25 (or is that 1.23?).
Tony> Does the BIOS version have any impact on FreeBSD. I imagine
Tony> not since the O/S provides it's own drivers and doesn't (?)
Tony> use the BIOS for anything other than loading the boot code.
Tony> Also, the driver has code that it down-loads into the
Tony> adapter.
I think not. I had both BIOS version (1.16 and 1.23) running
here. That makes no difference for me.
One nice feature of the 1.23 version is, that one can boot from every
possible ID/LUN combination. Nice thing(TM) if you have more than 2
drives or the board bios doesn't support boot from CDROM.
Frank
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