Subject: Re: NCR vs SBC scsi in NetBSD 1.4?
To: None <j-valdes@uchicago.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/17/1999 20:06:40
John Valdes wrote:
> All,
> 
> Which, if any, is the preferred SCSI driver in 1.4, the NCR or the SBC
> driver?  I've been using the NCR driver since 1.2, and have only had
> minor problems w/ it (hangs or panics when accessing HFS partitions on
> some of my disks; zero problems w/ NetBSD and HFS partitions on my
> NetBSD disk), but now that I'm about to upgrade to 1.4, I was
> wondering whether I should switch to the SBC driver.  If it matters,
> this is on a IIcx, and, while I'm not currently using Ethernet, I may
> be soon (I vaguely remember some conflict between SBC and Ethernet,
> 'though I could be mistaken...)

as they say:  if it ain't broke, don't fix it ;-)

i don't believe there have been any really significant changes to either
driver in the last year or so.  if the ncrscsi driver was working before,
stick with it.

i hope this helps.

later.

colin