Subject: Re: Looking for datapoints re: fast SCSI adapters on NetBSD-macppc
To: Monroe Williams <monroe@criticalpath.com>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/28/2001 17:18:37
The QLogic cards worked fairly well the last time I checked- but I'm not sure
if there's a version with OBP that MAC's will like.

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Monroe Williams wrote:

>
> It appears that the Adaptec 29160 card I bought for my NetBSD-macppc server
> Just Doesn't Work Reliably under NetBSD.  I've tried it in two different
> machines, with several different cables and drives, and it always blows up.
> (See my posts earlier this month to port-macppc for details.)  I even get
> errors on boot when probing the bus when NOTHING is plugged into the card
> (not even a cable).  Under MacOS 9 and X, everything seems to work fine.
>
> I've also tried a couple of earlier models of Adaptec SCSI cards (2940UW and
> 2940U2W), and while it seems that earlier models are more reliable, I've had
> intermittent failures with them all.
>
> I'm now looking for any data points related to _any_ fast/wide SCSI cards
> being used with NetBSD.  Both success stories and failures are valuable.
> The faster the better (I've got Ultra160 drives waiting to be used), but I'd
> like to hear about anything down to Ultra-Wide.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -- monroe
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> Monroe Williams                                  monroe@criticalpath.com
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