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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

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