Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:28:26 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI Advansys controller... Message-ID: <199709171928.NAA11169@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:28:06 PDT." <19970916012806.54936@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
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>currently.. the only version is the one that uses Justin Gibb's CAM >scsi code that will soon replace the current code.. once that is done, >then the driver for the cards will be included, (correct me if I remeber >wrong Justin)... This is correct. >> How good of trade would that be (the Advansys cards are about half the price >> of the Symbios cards, $80 vs. $150). I know the Symbios chip has the script >s >> memory, and can offload some of the work from the host CPU, but exactly how >> much of a win is that? > >Justin will have to answer this question.. but I am looking forward to >the time that FreeBSD does support them, as my supplier has the Advansys >cards, but doesn't have any of the ncr based cards... I haven't done any side by side benchmarks between the two cards, but the architecture that the AdvanSys cards use doesn't strike me as really high performance. >-- > John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 > Cu Networking > > Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD > -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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