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Re: Buslogic KT-958 Usage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Van Zandt)
Fri May 2 00:28:46 1997
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 20:42:34 -0400
From: Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
To: edwards@ioa.com
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <199705011723.NAA21801@yorktown.ioa.com> (message from David
Edwards on Thu, 1 May 1997 13:23:36 -0400 (EDT))
David Edwards <edwards@ioa.com> writes:
>
>I'm upgrading my 486DX-33 to a P5-166 MHz machine and based on what
>I've been reading on this list, I'm leaning towards the Buslogic
>KT-958 (BT-958 kit) wide ultra SCSI PCI adapter. (Reasons include
>lack of reported problems and Buslogic's good support for Linux
>developers, and $50 buck less than the 2940UW)
I recently installed a BT-948 and have had no problems. I figured the
BT-958 would be overkill -- this controller already negotiates 10
megatransfers per second with my disk, which on a narrow SCSI bus
means 10 MB/sec. The real transfer rate is 6 to 7 MB/sec. I think a
wide bus is useful only with several fast disk drives.
>With my 2.0.29 kernel should I expect a pretty painless install? I
>rolled my own kernel to have SCSI support for my parallel port ZIP
>drive and ISA (Adaptec) controller for a Jaz drive. I will probably
>add a Seagate SCSI drive as well. Should I be able to connect the
>Seagate and Jaz drives to the Buslogic and get it all to work by
>adding a driver module for the Buslogic?
Yes. That's what I did.
>Also, can I have Linux spin down the Seagate drive after a timed
>period of inactivity?
There's a "scsi-idle" patch for this, but I think it's not valid for
current kernels and is not being maintained. If anyone knows
different, I'd like to hear about it.
- Jim Van Zandt
