Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 20:21:24 -0600 (MDT) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Buslogic/Mylex HAs Message-ID: <199809070221.UAA28199@narnia.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809011525050.13530-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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In article <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809011525050.13530-100000@super-g.inch.com> you wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >> The BT-948, as well as all MultiMaster products, are supported by FreeBSD. >> There is even a new, more feature rich, driver for these cards in the CAM >> SCSI layer which will be integrated into -current a few weeks from now. > > Interesting, Netscape under FreeBSD just does not like the Mylex website. > I eventually found a link to the 958. We have all 948s now, and they've > been very well-behaved, I'm assuming I can expect the same with the 958? Yes. The 958 should be well behaved. It is not the fastest adapter you can use though. > Will CAM be back-ported to -stable, or is it just best to wait for 3.0? CAM is already available for -stable: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/cam/... > What are some of the advantages I'd see with this particular card? It has a wide port? 8-) I'd personally use an aic7890 based adapter for your particular configuration. The command overhead for these adapters is much lower than for the Mylex cards. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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