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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:13489 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3556 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: How about Adaptec 2940 PCI-SCSI? Date: 29 Sep 1994 21:57:13 GMT Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT Lines: 33 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <36fd7p$5u2@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <TRI.94Sep28113829@pooh.hut.fi> <36d3qg$p25@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <36d3qg$p25@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> jaitken@vt.edu writes: ] Timo J. Rinne (tri@pooh.hut.fi) wrote: ] : Just wonder if Adaptec 2940, PCI SCSI controlled is supported by any ] : current BSD version... ] ] No it isn't. I asked this awhile back because the FAQ wasn't clear (I ] think it has been updated since then) but none of the Adaptec 2xxx cards ] are supported. Adaptec won't tell anyone how to program them. I know that this is a fine sematic point, but I'm irresistably drawn to making it once again. Adaptec *will* tell you how to program it. It's just that they want a non-disclosure signed first, which means you'd be able to distribute binaries of drivers, but no source. There is a Linux driver with home-grown microcode that works for several of these controllers on sunsite.unc.edu. Look for it there. Finally, the things can boot DOS. Since you can't load microcode even from DOS without DOS being booted in the first place, you *must* admit to the possiblity of "default microcode". Adaptec is rumored to give programming information for the default microcode; I haven't checked, since I don't buy Adaptec products any more. So a driver is possible, three ways. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.