From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Sep 6 19:27:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00179 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 19:27:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00174 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 19:27:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com) Received: (from gibbs@localhost) by narnia.plutotech.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id UAA28199; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:21:24 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:21:24 -0600 (MDT) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Message-Id: <199809070221.UAA28199@narnia.plutotech.com> To: spork cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buslogic/Mylex HAs Newsgroups: pluto.freebsd.hardware In-Reply-To: User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-971204 (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.0-CURRENT (i386)) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article you wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >> The BT-948, as well as all MultiMaster products, are supported by FreeBSD. >> There is even a new, more feature rich, driver for these cards in the CAM >> SCSI layer which will be integrated into -current a few weeks from now. > > Interesting, Netscape under FreeBSD just does not like the Mylex website. > I eventually found a link to the 958. We have all 948s now, and they've > been very well-behaved, I'm assuming I can expect the same with the 958? Yes. The 958 should be well behaved. It is not the fastest adapter you can use though. > Will CAM be back-ported to -stable, or is it just best to wait for 3.0? CAM is already available for -stable: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/cam/... > What are some of the advantages I'd see with this particular card? It has a wide port? 8-) I'd personally use an aic7890 based adapter for your particular configuration. The command overhead for these adapters is much lower than for the Mylex cards. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message