From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 30 19:36:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA29577 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA29572 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:36:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA02021; Thu, 1 May 1997 12:06:31 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705010236.MAA02021@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 7860 In-Reply-To: <3367778B.D6E1EEC1@db-net.com> from Wilson MacGyver at "Apr 30, 97 12:47:07 pm" To: macgyver@db-net.com (Wilson MacGyver) Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:06:31 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Don@PartsNow.com, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Wilson MacGyver stands accused of saying: > Michael Smith wrote: > > The 7860 on the newer 2940's can only track three. There is support > > (the SCBPAGING option) for shuffling among these three to handle more > > simultaneous transactions, but obviously this requires more work on > > the part of the driver. > So does all adptect 2940 use the 7860 now? I was getting ready to > buy a 5-6 of them, as well as several motherboards that has it > built-in. According to Rod Grimes, yes. At least one motherboard (the Tekram P5H30-WS) is still using the 7880, as of our last purchase a few weeks back. > -- Wilson MacGyver macgyver@db-net.com -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[