Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 14:15:26 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, (Julian Elischer) <julian@whistle.com> Subject: Re: NewComer Questions... Message-ID: <XFMail.970130154550.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <199701291216.HAA08774@hda.hda.com>
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Hi Peter Dufault; On 29-Jan-97 you wrote: > > > We need to develop the following functionality: > > > > > > 1. Multi-initiator support > > I assume you mean in SCSI? > > we ahve some basic support for that but it requires a SCSI host > > adapter that supports it.. it hasn't been exercised in years. > > (I wrote it iwith Peter Dufault but it's a rarely used feature. > > Or are you alking about several machines sharing a single bus?) > > Only the aha1542b supports it. It breaks on earlier and later > versions even on the aha adapter. The only way to resurrect > this will be to put it into the NCR and AHC where we have > solid support for the firmware. True for only a while longer. We are writing a DPT driver for FreeBSD. Once this is done (a week or two), you will have an alternative. We are going to use this controller for this project for many reasons. [ So that this thread does not turn into a commercial for DPT (they are not paying me), nor a flaming war of ``my controller is better than your controller'' (had enough of those in the Linux camp), I will invite those who are curious to contact me off this list. ] I realize this is a tricky/complex issue. As I am new to FreeBSD, I initiated this thread to discover what is there, how, why, etc. Thanx for all your input. It is very valuable... Simon
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