From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 26 01:43:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA09149 for current-outgoing; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:43:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shadows.aeon.net (bsdcur@shadows.aeon.net [194.100.41.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA09141 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bsdcur@localhost) by shadows.aeon.net (8.7.5/8.6.9) id LAA28736; Sat, 26 Oct 1996 11:41:11 +0200 (EET) From: mika ruohotie Message-Id: <199610260941.LAA28736@shadows.aeon.net> Subject: Re: New aic7xxx driver drop To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 11:41:11 +0200 (EET) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199610250659.XAA00324@gibbs.bayarea.net> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at "Oct 24, 96 11:59:58 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > memory mapped I/O, dma'ing of SCBs, and greatly improving the performance > of SCB paging in the aic7xxx driver. I also took the time to do a full > code review and to correct some of the mistakes of my youth. 8-) cool. great. =) > I'd like to bring these changes into stable ASAP, but will only do > so once I get some feedback on this latest drop of the driver. Please help > to test it out. I'd also be interested to hear if this version is faster > or slower then previos versions. well. i am using adaptec 3940 ultra wide adapter, and am ready to test the new code. it's "easy" since the server is not yet a production server for next few weeks. disks are 2gig 7200rpm quantum atlases and i run them "on the edge" striped using both channels. (i _love_ the adapter) can you send me diffs? i run 2.1.5-RELEASE installed from walnut creek cdrom. and also, i'd love to know how to take the last bits of speed out from the adapter. > Thanks, no probs. > Justin T. Gibbs mickey