Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:16:46 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.interworks.org> Cc: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, rpj@fep.hirshfields.com Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD *ever* fix their 2940U drivers ??????????????? Message-ID: <36AA4A4E.D8576AE1@tdx.co.uk> References: <199901232206.QAA21583@iworks.interworks.org>
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"Daniel M. Eischen" wrote: > The poster (rpj@fep.hirshfields.com) said that he could take the > controller, cable, and drive out of one machine and place them > in another machine (assumingly with a different motherboard?) > and they would work. To me, this shows that it isn't the driver, > but some interaction of the motherboard/BIOS and either the > controller or FreeBSD. Beleive me, it's a lot more than just the firmware on the card... We're also a heavy user of 2940's (and have had problems), I was speaking to some one a while ago (who also has a lot of these cards) about doing some kind of 2940 FAQ - The problem is though that between us, although we have around 20 cards - we can't find anything that Identifies the problem ones (be that Motherboard, or 2940's) uniquely enough to make a FAQ any good, all it could be at best is "There are problems with some cards, and some motherboards". If I get time, I'll get back in touch with the guy and at least get some kind of 'truth' table published somewhere (i.e. adaptec firmware, MB, BIOS versions, Revisions etc. - Maybe someone else will see a correlation...) -Kp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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