From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Sep 14 18:10:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.chuckr.org (picnic.chuckr.org [216.254.96.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DAC937B424 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:10:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.chuckr.org (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e8F1Anh14686; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:10:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.chuckr.org) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:10:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: David Bushong Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas.klemm.ak@bayer-ag.de Subject: Re: Adaptec 21960 In-Reply-To: <20000913225733.H29359@bushong.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, David Bushong wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 08:10:17AM +0200, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2000 at 08:12:08PM -0700, Barrett G. Lyon wrote: > > > With 4.1-Stable we could not get the random hang to go away. We gave up > > > on U160 and Adaptec and just replaced it with a symbios card. > > > > Is there a compareable SCSI card, with the amount of connectors like > > on the 29160 ? At least I need LVD wide and Narrow SCSI. > > > > BTW, what symbios model is it ? > > > Symbios is just the chipset these days. I've had excellent results with > the Tekram DC390-U3W using the "sym" driver. I'm using it to work around the > broken onboard 29160 on my SuperMicro 370DL3 motherboard. Unfortunately, > the 64 bit tekram card has a different shaped slot than the 64 bit on the > 370DL3, but it works fine in 32 bit mode. > > The DC390-U3W has, I believe, actually one more channel by default than > the 29160. I believe you can use LVD, UW, and 50 pin all at the same time. That's what the 29160 has, too. I know, I bought it (it's sitting here) and I have just ordered the DC390-U3W (darn it). Nice paperweight. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.chuckr.org| electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message