[4206] in linux-scsi channel archive
AIC7880 vs BT-950
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Fritzler)
Tue Jun 23 22:25:11 1998
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:43:36 -0700 (MST)
From: Adam Fritzler <afritz@delphid.ml.org>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
I was having some serious troubles with my Adaptec 2940UW, so I went ahead
and ordered a BT-950 because I found them cheap, and they did what I
needed them too. And sure enough, less than an hour after I placed the
order, I fixed my problems with the 2940[1]. My question is: Which card
is better? the BT-950 or the 2940UW? Even if the BT is slower, I think
it would still be nice to have it's stability. The 2940UW, from the
amount of traffic on linux-scsi used for it, is not exactly reliable or
troublefree; although this is the first time I've had major trouble with
it. Are these boards about the same or are there vast differences?
Also, are the drivers for both cards SMP-safe? I've started to order the
parts to upgrade to a dual PPro, and so that's kind of a requirement right
now.
Any advice would be apreciated.
af
[1] For some reason, the aic driver in 2.1.105 AND 2.0.33 AND 2.0.30
stopped using extended translation, even though it was turned on in the
Adaptec BIOS. I changed nothing and I have no explanation of why it just
decided to stop using it. After browsing the backlogs of this list, I
found a hint, and later fixed it by adding "aic7xxx=extended" to the boot
line. Oh well... :)
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