Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 14:44:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>, Bohdan Horst <nexus@hoth.amu.edu.pl>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT PM 1564 Message-ID: <200112012244.fB1MiDv02533@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:57:14 PST." <200111301757.fAUHvEx24745@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>
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> If memory serves me right, Scott Long wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 04:20:22PM +0100, Bohdan Horst wrote:
> > >
> > > is DPT PM 1564 supported under FreeBSD (-STABLE) ?
> > >
> > > it isn't mention on asr(4) ..
> >
> > This card should work with the asr driver. However, IIRC this card
> > is built around a buggy QLogic SCSI chip that can cause data
> > corruption under certain conditions.
>
> Hmmm...should we update manpages/hardware list/etc.? Or leave it out
> due to the problems you mentioned?
If this is the Qlogic problem I'm aware of, it's a rare data corruption
issue that's thermally related; I don't think that it's something we need
to mention. If the card fails in the fashion I expect, we can probably
handle the very occasional complaints by simply aiming people at DPT.
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