Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 09:59:47 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 and FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971128095741.4897F-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971127213131.27845A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > > 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 :) > The only problems I've had with 2940UWs on fbsd2.1.5-2.2.1 have occurred when we mix wide/narrow devices on the host adapter or attach a narrow (of course) external tape drive. Leaving the bus all wide or all narrow and all internal has never given us problems. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com
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