From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 22 00:11:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA22146 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:11:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA22042 for ; Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA07769 (5.65c/IDA-1.5 for ); Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:07:48 -0700 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA11666; Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:04:28 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199608220704.AAA11666@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: SCSI again: Asus SC200 vs. Adaptec 2940 To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Cc: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de, michaelv@HeadCandy.com, jas@flyingfox.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608220642.XAA20776@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at "Aug 21, 96 11:42:33 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > I don't know if the NCR has tagged-command-queuing support or not. If > > > it did, I don't think I would trust it (the NCR driver is OK for > > > workstation type stuff, as Justin pointed out, but it is known to be > > > buggier than either the BusLogic or Adaptec drivers). > > That wasn't me who said that. I know there have been bugs in the past with > the NCR driver, but there have also been bugs in the aic7xxx driver too. I > have no idea of the current stability of the ncr driver since I don't own > one of those cards. > > My only problem with the ncr driver right now is that I don't have all > the necessary changes from Stefan yet to make it work with my changes to > the SCSI system. Prod. Prod. 8-) Would having an NCR 53C810 and an NCR 53C825 at your permanent disposal help you in any way? I could arrange to have these donated to the FreeBSD project, no strings attached, no tax deduction needed. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD