Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 22:38:32 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.oau.org> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 and FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <199711280338.WAA17738@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971127213131.27845A-100000@federation.addy.com> from Cliff Addy at "Nov 27, 97 09:37:25 pm"
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Recently Cliff Addy said: > > Michael Slater wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have heard that the Adaptec 2940 driver has had problems in the past. > > > Is this sorted out in 2.2.2-RELEASE ? > We have had ongoing problems with our Adaptec 2940UW servers since the > 2.1.7 debacle. Our servers were gloriously stable up through 2.1.5, > unreliable since. 2.2, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 have shown no improvement, same > old story that others have mentioned, especially the spontaneous lockups > with "SCSI bus resets." Haven't tried with 2.2.5, we're probably > converting to another OS since it looks like it's not going to get fixed. > Personally, I'm tired of getting up at 2am to power-cycle a server, if I > enjoyed that we'd be running NT :) > I had so much trouble getting the 2940's to work when I was installing an SCO system for a client 2 years ago, I have made every effort to avoid them and only use BusLogic. I've been using BusLogic controllers since they were known as BusTek. They really do know how to make controllers and shouldn't be considered a 'clone' manufacturer. For the trivia minded the first controller they made was the first EISA SCSI controller available, so in that case Adaptec would have been the cloner. Not affiliated with them, but just like their product. Bill -- bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bill@bilver.com
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