Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:09:37 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> Cc: slumos@nevada.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of Ultra160 SCSI support? Message-ID: <20000509170937.B9102@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <200005092223.SAA75925@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu>; from mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU on Tue, May 09, 2000 at 06:23:18PM -0400 References: <ken@kdm.org> <200005092223.SAA75925@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu>
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On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 18:23:18 -0400, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > >The Adaptec Ultra160 boards (based on the 7892 and 7899) are supported in > >4.0, but they only run at 80MB/sec, i.e. Ultra2 speeds, not at 160MB/sec. > > > >If you want the Adaptec chips to run at 160MB/sec, you need the patches > >Justin referred to in his mail to the -scsi list today. > > I distinctly remember someone saying the same thing about 3.4-R a > while back, and that 4.0-R would have the 160MB/s support. I dunno who said what, but the reality is that 3.4 doesn't support the 7892 or the 7899, and 4.0 does support those chips, but only at 80MB/sec. If you want 160MB/sec with released code, you'll need to go with 4.0 and either Symbios or QLogic chips. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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