Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 01:02:11 -0800 From: "Reginald S. Perry" <reggie@aa.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Reginald S. Perry" <reggie@aa.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers Message-ID: <199702040902.BAA00736@miles.aa.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Feb 1997 23:10:33 PST." <Pine.BSI.3.94.970203230531.13156L-100000@localhost>
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>>>>> On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 23:10:33 -0800 (PST), Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> said:
Doug> On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Reginald S. Perry wrote:
>> This is rather curious. I went to
>> http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ and saw this:
>>
>> Linux BusLogic Driver -- FlashPoint Support Now Available
Doug> Thanks for the update Reginald! I've forwarded this
Doug> information to the FreeBSD SCSI mailing list were the proper
Doug> people should get on this.
This is good. Glad that I could help.
Doug> Well, if we decide to develop FP drivers (this is up to the
Doug> SCSI Powers That Be), it'll be quite a while before they're
Doug> written and sufficiently tested to go out into public
Doug> release.
Doug> In the meanwhile, earlier BusLogic models, most Adaptec, and
Doug> NCR/Symbios based cards (NCR/Symbios sample boards, ASUS
Doug> SC-200, Tekram (??)) are all supported very nicely I might
Doug> add. (To plug the NCRs: They can be had for ~$100-120 and
Doug> perform just as well as the Adaptecs. I have one in my box
Doug> driving 2 quad speed CDROMs and it works like a champ. The
Doug> driver in 2.2-BETA crashes for some reason, but backing it
Doug> up to the -ALPHA level works fine.)
I will keep the NCR cards in mind. I think I will have to lurk on the
mail lists for a few months more before I will be able to decide
exactly what to put in the system. I just started using FreeBSD last
month so I want to play with the system some more before I even start
thinking about using the beta versions or keeping current and
such. :-)
-Reggie
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