From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Sep 17 12:29:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA04164 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:29:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA04159 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:29:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA11169; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:28:34 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199709171928.NAA11169@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: John-Mark Gurney cc: Zach Heilig , scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI Advansys controller... In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:28:06 PDT." <19970916012806.54936@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:28:26 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >currently.. the only version is the one that uses Justin Gibb's CAM >scsi code that will soon replace the current code.. once that is done, >then the driver for the cards will be included, (correct me if I remeber >wrong Justin)... This is correct. >> How good of trade would that be (the Advansys cards are about half the price >> of the Symbios cards, $80 vs. $150). I know the Symbios chip has the script >s >> memory, and can offload some of the work from the host CPU, but exactly how >> much of a win is that? > >Justin will have to answer this question.. but I am looking forward to >the time that FreeBSD does support them, as my supplier has the Advansys >cards, but doesn't have any of the ncr based cards... I haven't done any side by side benchmarks between the two cards, but the architecture that the AdvanSys cards use doesn't strike me as really high performance. >-- > John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 > Cu Networking > > Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD > -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================