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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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