[4208] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: AIC7880 vs BT-950
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cristian Nicolae)
Wed Jun 24 02:36:29 1998
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 09:28:06 +0300
From: Cristian Nicolae <cristi@cepes.ro>
Reply-To: cristi@cepes.ro
To: Adam Fritzler <afritz@delphid.ml.org>
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Adam Fritzler wrote:
>
> 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.
>
I am running RH5.0 on a micron Dual PPro 200Mhz , 2.1.105 kernel (SMP
included) AHA2940UW.
After some tuning of the AIC7xxx driver in the kernel configuration it
worked fine.
Very stable so far, no problems.
Cristian
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