From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Nov 28 08:00:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA21382 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 08:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA21319 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 07:59:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff@mercury.jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA05763; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 09:59:47 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 09:59:47 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Lynch To: Cliff Addy cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 and FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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