Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 13:12:12 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> Cc: gkrishnan@zettasystems.com Subject: Re: Adaptec 29320 Message-ID: <41322A8C.7060102@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200408291459.11842.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> References: <1426C4DF09E1E246903D4CF2F3711E5E09241F@mail01> <200408291459.11842.ianjhart@ntlworld.com>
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ian j hart wrote: > On Friday 27 August 2004 21:58, Ganapathy "Krish" Krishnan wrote: > >>Hi Justin, >> >>Has the Adaptec 29320 card (and 7902W chipset) been extensively production >>tested with FreeBSD? >> >>thanks, >> >> >>Ganapathy Krishnan (Krish), President & CEO >>17311 135th AVE NE >>Suite B900 >>Woodinville, WA 98072 >>+ 1.425.485.5548 Office >>+ 1.425.466.9391 Mobile >>gkrishnan@zettasystems.com >>Zetta Systems in the news >>http://www.zettasystems.com/armstrong/news/storage_supersite/2003_august_04 >>. jsp >>http://www.zettasystems.com/armstrong/news/storage_magazine/2003_july.jsp >>White Papers & Flash Demo >>http://www.zettasystems.com/armstrong/library/features.jsp >>http://www.zettasystems.com/armstrong/library/zettaFlash8.swf >> > > > Not sure about the 'W' but I have a 29320LP running 4.10p2. Running a year. > There were some U320 issues but these were fixed ~Feb 2004. Rock solid since. > The 'W' is probably what he is reading off of the silk-screen on the chip, and has no real significance. [...] > Caveat: The hardware you use with the board makes a difference. > Having up-to-date firmware for your drives is critical, as is making sure that you have solid cabling. Certain revs of the 7902 are geared for backplanes, and others are geared for cables, and neither likes having both backplanes and cables in the same chain. 68->80 pin converters are also typically very troublesome. So keep your cable configuration as simple and as in-spec as possible. Scott
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