From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 9 22:56:10 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id WAA19797 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Aug 1995 22:56:10 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA19791 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 1995 22:56:02 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id PAA00299; Thu, 10 Aug 1995 15:54:17 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199508100624.PAA00299@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Is the Adaptec 1522 SCSI controller supported? To: serges@umr.edu Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 15:54:17 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508100531.AAA09033@rocket.cc.umr.edu> from "serges@umr.edu" at Aug 10, 95 00:31:27 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1251 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk serges@umr.edu stands accused of saying: > Looking through the hardware compatibility page in the Manual > I see that the Adaptec 1522 (not the 42) is supposed to be supported > by FreeBSD 2.X. But its not listed under the AHA(4) device manual page, > dated August 31, 1994. Does it come up under another device? Yup, it's an AIC. > So what s the story? Is it supported? Better yet, is anyone using the > 152X controller with IDE hardrives? It appears most opted for the > bus mastering 1542. What about the 1522? It's supported. Last I head, the performance was about what you'd expect from a PIO controller; ie. don't use it in any sort of performance-critical application. > All reponses will be appreciated. I need to buy somthing pretty fast > and I dont really what to get more than I need. What do you need? Are you talking disk, tape or what? > Serge. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[