From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 19 19:07:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA19833 for current-outgoing; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:07:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA19825 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 19:07:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by narnia.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA12972; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 20:07:25 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199703200307.UAA12972@narnia.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: Tom Samplonius cc: Tim Liddelow , jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2940 driver bug In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 19 Mar 1997 17:47:18 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 20:07:24 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Tim Liddelow wrote: > >> Is the AHA 2940 driver bug (just recently fixed as per your >> announcement) present in 2.2-RELEASE ? I have just been given >> a machine to install *BSD on, and the SCSI controller just >> happens to be a 2940. Am I better off going with 2.1.7.1 or >> 2.2-RELEASE ? >> >> Thanks >> Tim Liddelow > > If you want to install a pre-built release, installing 2.1.7.1-RELEASE > > If you don't mind pulling the kerenel sources down for 2.2+ (basically >2.2-RELEASE + later patches), and making a new kernel, go ahead and >install 2.2. 2.2+ has the same driver as 2.1.7.1-RELEASE > > The ahc driver used by the 2940, is a moving target. I have an oldish >pre 2.1.7 system with a 2940 with an uptime of 140 days. I don't use any >of the performance ehancements though. But I have a 2.2 system with the >newest ahc driver dies with a SCSI error every day (using a 3940UW >though). > >Tom I believe that if you don't use SCB paging, you will find the current driver hard to break. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================