From owner-aic7xxx Wed Dec 3 19:41:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA12949 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:41:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-aic7xxx) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.5.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA12944 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:41:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stevebr@primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA26936; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 20:41:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from mailhost05.primenet.com(206.165.5.56), claiming to be "primenet.com" via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd026901; Wed Dec 3 20:41:30 1997 Received: from ip100.msp.primenet.com (ip100.msp.primenet.com [206.165.50.100]) by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA07542; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 20:40:52 -0700 (MST) From: stevebr@primenet.com (Steve Brueggeman) To: Carlos Carvalho Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: does aha2940UW work with Seagate LVD disks? Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 03:41:46 GMT Message-ID: <348622ea.343750@pop.primenet.com> References: <199712021749.PAA05341@hoggar.fisica.ufpr.br> In-Reply-To: <199712021749.PAA05341@hoggar.fisica.ufpr.br> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id TAA12945 Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2 Dec 1997 15:49:11 -0200, you wrote: >Seagate announces an "ultra2" interface supposedly capable of 80MHz >transfer rates, the low-voltage-differential. Which aha will work with >these disks? Must it be a differential board? > >Carlos I believe that all Seagate ultra2 drives support both Single Ended, and Low Voltage Differential. The drives switch automatically according to the diffsense line. If diffsense is grounded, the drives go into Single Ended mode, so the drives will 'work' with an Adaptec AHA 2940(UW), but only in Single Ended mode. Note also, that all devices on the SCSI bus MUST be in the same linemode, so if even one device is Single Ended, all devices will be in Single Ended mode. But, Single Ended mode does not support 40Mhz transfers (80MB/sec on a wide interface). Single Ended mode only supports Ultra-1 (20Mhz or 80MB/sec on wide interfaces). To get 40Mhz transfers, you need a host adapter that has LVD drivers. I just checked out adaptec's website (http://www.adaptec.com/deskpcon/aha2940u2w.html) Looks like they have a board that supports both LVD and Single Ended, like the Seagate drives do. No mention about availability. The chip they are using appears to be an AIC7890 and an AIC3860. I have no idea if this is currently supported under Linux or not. Steve Brueggeman.