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Re: Adaptec 2940 support

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Noxon)
Mon Sep 22 09:53:41 1997

Date: 	Mon, 22 Sep 1997 08:34:40 -0500
From: Jeff Noxon <jeff@planetfall.com>
To: Greg Clarkson <gregc@ucaqld.com.au>
Cc: "'linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu'" <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BCC76C.5C37FDE0@laptop.ucaqld.com.au>; from Greg Clarkson on Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 03:28:41PM +1000

This controller should work, but it's not great from a driver performance or
stability standpoint.

On Mon, Sep 22, 1997 at 03:28:41PM +1000, Greg Clarkson wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I am thinking of purchasing an intel motherboard with an Adaptec 2940 scsi controller on-board.
> 
> The SCSI howto points me to ftp://ftp.ims.com/pub/Linux/aic7xxx for a newer version of the driver.
> 
> But this link doesn't go anywhere!
> 
> Has anyone used this piece of hardware.  If so where do I get the correct drivers?  Is it worth the trouble?
> 
> Or should I stick to a SCSI Adaptor in the PCI slot?
> 
> questions, questions question
> 
> you can either email the list or myself directly at gregc@ucaqld.com.au
> 
> caio
> 
> greg

Thanks,

Jeff

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