Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:57:23 -0500 From: Mark Abene <phiber@radicalmedia.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Roudier?= <groudier@club-internet.fr> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: symbios card... Message-ID: <20010211115723.G1040@mail.radicalmedia.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102111615140.424-100000@linux.local>; from groudier@club-internet.fr on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:46:34PM %2B0100 References: <20010211092821.F1040@mail.radicalmedia.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102111615140.424-100000@linux.local>
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Thanks! What are the pros/cons of using the newer sym driver versus the older ncr driver? Which would you recommend with a 53C825? Does it matter? Cheers, -Mark On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:46:34PM +0100, Gérard Roudier wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Mark Abene wrote: > > > Would anyone care to comment on whether the Symbios 53C825 (NOT 825A) is > > supported by FreeBSD? I saw mention of the 825A in the hardware list, but > > not a plain 825. > > The NCR53C825 is supported by FreeBSD since at least 6 years. :) > (Was a NCR product at this time) > > Anyway, the hardware list needs to be updated for newer chips (i.e. I > should have updated it). > > At the moment and at least for RELENG4: > > - The SYM driver supports all 53C8XX A and not-A chips and also the > 53C1010-33, 53C1010-66, 53C1010R, 53C1000 and 53C1000R > Ultra3 controllers. > > - The NCR driver supports all 53C8XX A and not-A chips, may-be excepted > the 53C875A. > (Adding the 53C875A chip description will make it support the chip). > > For Ultra3 controllers under RELENG3, I would suggest to use an updated > SYM driver, as the sym-2.1.6 available from > http://people.freebsd.org/~groudier/ > > Gérard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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