From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 21 17:29:53 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id RAA21141 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:29:53 -0800 Received: from estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.42.147]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA21126 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:29:50 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA16634; Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:29:05 -0800 Message-Id: <199502220129.RAA16634@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: estienne.cs.berkeley.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Steven Lee cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: QLogic SCSI controller for FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Feb 1995 10:54:11 EDT." <199502212354.KAA10865@trlluna.trl.OZ.AU> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 17:29:04 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >Hello, > >I am buying a new PC to run FreeBSD. I have been offered the QLogic >SCSI controller (VLB) at half the price of an Adaptec 2842. I have >two questions. > >1) Is anyone writing a driver for QLogic? >2) The salesperson claims that the QLogic controller is compatible with > Adaptec which if it is true suggests that I may be able to use > an Adaptec driver. Have you heard of any FreeBSD users doing this > successfully? The Adaptec 2842 (assuming your motherboard is good about VL Busmastering DMA) is fast, and has reliable support under FreeBSD. The same cannot be said of the QLogic. Even if it works in an emulation mode, it will not perform at its best that way. > >Thank you in advance > >- steven lee - > >PS I think you guys a doing a great job with FreeBSD. I have had a few > problems with my system but overall I am a very satisfied user. > Keep up the good work and keep smiling :-) -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================