From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 10 13:40:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA19828 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:40:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA19736; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:39:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spork@super-g.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA26100; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:34:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:34:02 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Kyle McPeek cc: "Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=" , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AHA-2940 U/UW In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id NAA19788 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I had three in hand last week. They do exist. Mine weren't labelled "Dell", but were OEM boards. Also included a manual that had (2940UW DUAL) on the cover. Adaptec is aware of the boards, just a little curious about where the general public gets them... Since we don't run 3.0, we had to return them. Charles --- Charles Sprickman spork@super-g.com --- "...there's no idea that's so good you can't ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Kyle McPeek wrote: > The card I have is clearly labeled "AHA-2940UW Dual / NE adaptec". The > sticker over the AIC 7895P chip bears the following text "AHA-2940UW > DUAL / DELL". > > When in a machine running 3.0-RELEASE it probes with the following: > > ahc0: rev 0x03 int a irq 5 on > pci0.13.0 > ahc0: aic7895 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > ahc1: rev 0x03 int b irq 11 on > pci0.13.1 > ahc1: aic7895 Single Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > > I think it just might be an Adaptec that you don't know about. > > kyle. > > On 10 Nov 1998, Dag-Erling C. [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > > > Kyle McPeek writes: > > > I have some of these machines. They work fine with 3.0, 2.2 will not work > > > at all with the 2940/Dual. It is a 2940 with a 7895 chip. There are two > > > scsi buses on it, an internal wide,and an external SCSI-2 (Mini 50Pin). > > > It looks just like a regular 2940, except that the external connector is a > > > separate bus and has a Mini 50 connector instead of a 68 Pin. > > > > Uh-huh. The AHA2940 and AHA2940UW are single-channel adapters based on > > the AIC7880 and AIC7890 chips, respectively. The only multichannel > > SCSI adapters Adaptec make are the AHA3940/W and the AHA3940U/UW, > > unless there are Adaptec cards even Adaptec doesn't know about. > > > > DES > > -- > > Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message