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Date:      Tue, 28 May 1996 14:24:44 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, sigma@pair.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Buslogic 948 (and 946)
Message-ID:  <199605280454.OAA01276@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199605271752.KAA28913@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at May 27, 96 10:52:27 am

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Justin T. Gibbs stands accused of saying:
> 
> >Depends on what you're trying to do.  For most use, the NCR
> >53C810-based cards are more than adequate, and considerably cheaper.
> >The 3940 really only buys you two busses on one card, as Adaptec aren't
> >giving away enough info on using its' onboard hardware to the best either.
> 
> Are you thinking of the 3985?  The 3940 is a dual 2940, nothing more.
> The FreeBSD driver takes full advantage of that card.

Doh!  Yes, I was.  Sorry about that.
 
> The 3985 is their RAID controller.  My 7810 manual is supposedly in
> the mail (this is the manual for the DRAM parity until on the 3985)
> so we may support that card someday too.

Understood.

> Justin T. Gibbs

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