Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:58:09 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Scott Gwin" <jsgwin@home.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: adaptec RAID driver needed Message-ID: <00b701c197e7$ec131e40$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <000001c197de$352dea60$6501a8c0@stellarwash.net>
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Scott Gwin Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:49 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: adaptec RAID driver needed Help this newbie I beg of you. (And please excuse me using Lookout!). I’m in the process of installing FreeBSD4.4 and have run into a huge problem. I ’m in desperate need of a driver for an AHA-3985W RAID controller. My questions are this – Is one available anywhere? If I configure Linux emulation, can I use a Linux driver for this card? (I realize this may be a ridiculous question, but I’m trying to cover any/all possibilities). Last question; If the answers are NO! for the previous questions, Is there anyone that would be benevolent enough to write one so I can get away from Microshaft? /Scott --- End of original message, converted from HTML --- discovery# dmesg ahc0: <Adaptec 398X SCSI RAID adapter> port 0xf000-0xf0ff mem 0xff9fc000-0xff9fc fff irq 10 at device 4.0 on pci1 aic7870: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs ahc1: <Adaptec aic7810 RAID memory controller> port 0xf400-0xf4ff mem 0xff600000 -0xff7fffff,0xff9fd000-0xff9fdfff irq 11 at device 5.0 on pci1 RAID functionality unsupported device_probe_and_attach: ahc1 attach returned 6 ahc1: <Adaptec 398X SCSI RAID adapter> port 0xf800-0xf8ff mem 0xff9fe000-0xff9fe fff irq 10 at device 8.0 on pci1 aic7870: Single Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs ahc2: <Adaptec 398X SCSI RAID adapter> port 0xfc00-0xfcff mem 0xff9ff000-0xff9ff fff irq 10 at device 12.0 on pci1 aic7870: Single Channel C, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs The AHA-3985/3980 definately works (and Adaptec and Microsoft both claim that this card will not work under a Microsoft OS, but it works fine in both FreeBSD since 4.2 and RedHat 6.2). As you can see, RAID functionality isn't supported, but the card works fine as a standard SCSI controller. If you need RAID with this controller, why not just attach your drives and use vinum under FreeBSD? --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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