Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 22:08:04 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II <john@Mcs.Net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: do you support Message-ID: <199802270508.WAA01402@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980226191831.19894A-100000@misery.sdf.com> References: <199802261802.LAA27404@mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980226191831.19894A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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> Programming info is available for Adaptec cards, just like the NCR > cards. Perhaps maybe 3 years ago that was case, but not for a long time. > The Adaptec cards do more things on-board so the driver is more complex. My NCR board performs within 10% (sometimes faster in certain benchmarks) of the Adaptec driver, and hasn't been broken in 3 years. Tell me that the stability/usability of not having it broken *ever* in 3 years isn't worth it. > Also, the existing ahc driver is not being maintained anymore. The NCR has rarely been touched as well. > It has known bugs that no one will fix, because the SCSI people are > looking ahead to CAM. Yet another good reason not to use the Adaptec boards. Looking to the future is all well and good, but it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to get stuck with brokeness all in the name of progress, especially when other options exist. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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