From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Sep 14 23: 8:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from firebat.bushong.net (c128625-a.frmt1.sfba.home.com [24.176.225.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A0537B422 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:08:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dbushong@localhost) by firebat.bushong.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA22526; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:08:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dbushong) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:08:28 -0700 From: David Bushong To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Cc: Chuck Robey , freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas.klemm.ak@bayer-ag.de Subject: Re: Adaptec 21960 Message-ID: <20000914230828.J29359@bushong.net> References: <20000913225733.H29359@bushong.net> <20000914235822.A83263@panzer.kdm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20000914235822.A83263@panzer.kdm.org>; from ken@kdm.org on Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 11:58:22PM -0600 X-Floating-Sheep-Port: 0xbaa Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 11:58:22PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 21:10:48 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > > 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. > > What version of FreeBSD are y'all (David, Chuck and Andreas) using? > 4.1-STABLE as of 9/4/2000. Alas, the machine is live and doing work (about to go _very_ live and do even more work). I dropped the Tekram in b/c I was out of fiddling time. I'd love to help you research, but can't spare the downtime.. --David Bushong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message