From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon May 27 21:37:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA29625 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 27 May 1996 21:37:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA29620; Mon, 27 May 1996 21:37:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA01276; Tue, 28 May 1996 14:24:44 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605280454.OAA01276@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Buslogic 948 (and 946) To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:24:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, sigma@pair.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199605271752.KAA28913@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at May 27, 96 10:52:27 am 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 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 [[