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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:19:23 -0500
From:      "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
To:        dunn@harborcom.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec AHA-3985W RAID SCSI controller?
Message-ID:  <9607260219.AA08455@iworks.InterWorks.org>

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> Is it supported in 2.1.5-RELEASE? I checked HARDWARE.TXT, nowhere to 
> be found. Just want to make sure it is not an option. :)
> 
> Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net>
> Harbor Communications
> One World, One Network...

Nope, not yet.  It would be easy to get the 3985W supported for one of
the 3 7870 controllers (channels), but each controller shares the same
array of SCBs.  This differs from the 3940 where there are 2 7870s,
but they each have their own array of SCBs.  So the 3940 is two totally
independent controllers, where the 3985 is three controllers but care
must be taken to allocate SCBs from a shared SCB array between each
controller.

The driver author has this on one of his TODO lists.

If you're looking for RAID support, that's another question.  AFAIK,
Adaptec hasn't publicly release/published the documents for the onboard
RAID controller (7810) on the 3985.  Until someone prys the documents
out of Adaptec for this controller, RAID will have to wait.

Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org



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