From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 26 11:08:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA16389 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:08:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abby.skypoint.net (abby.skypoint.net [199.86.32.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA16381 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:08:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rpj@fep.hirshfields.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by abby.skypoint.net (8.8.7/jl 1.3) with UUCP id NAA22969 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:08:37 -0600 (CST) Received: (from rpj@localhost) by fep.hirshfields.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27510 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:32:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rpj) From: "Roger P. Johnson" Message-Id: <199901261832.MAA27510@fep.hirshfields.com> Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD *ever* fix their 2940U drivers ??????????????? In-Reply-To: <19990122113403.R417@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jan 22, 99 11:34:03 am" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:32:15 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> I too have around 6-7 of these controllers, some work - some don't > >> work... I was talking to a guy a while ago with a view of > >> publishing our findings... Basically 'some cards don't work with > >> some boards', I beleive theres timing problems (or similar) with > >> some cards, and some motherboards... > > > > Has anyone tried a different brand contoller under this > > circumstance ? > > > > Would it even matter ? Does FreeBSD use the same SCSI controller > > "guts" for all PCI SCSI cards ? > > No. > > > I am looking at Buslogic BT-956C (F/W) and BT-948 (Ultra Narrow), > > but of courese I cannot find any documentaion (as of 2.2.6) that the > > BT-948 is supported. Is anyone using it ?? > > I'm not. The BT-948 is supported in 3.1-STABLE, but not in 2.2.8. > You can find this information in /usr/src/release/texts/RELNOTES.TXT. > > > I'm curious enough to find a solution bad enough to risk getting > > burned (again), and try the Buslogic card. > > As I said before, I think you are looking in the wrong place. You > will probably fail. Sorry to disappoint you Greg, but the Buslogic BT-948 works in the exact same machine that the 2940U's wouldn't.. Can someone put that in the FAQ/Handbook/other for the next poor soul to come across this problem? Finally after 2 years I get a solution. Hopefully others too. BTW, Insight has 122 of the BT-948's (Ultra Narrow) at approx 124.95, and no BT-958's (Ultra Wide), for those interested. Not everyone had them. Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message