Adaptec 29160N

[pk at physicist.net]

Hmmm.... I wasn't thorough enough when i said that there is no support in the driver; there /is/ support for all ultra 160 adapters from adaptec as someone on this list pointed out (thanks!). %-6
And the hardware works just fine, except the cable or the active terminator. So go ahead and buy it, just be sure to double-check the cabling and the terminator. :-)

However there's still one questions remaining: What is the sequencer code for (what does it do?)?

Best regards

Peter K

 ---- you wrote: 
> Hello Peter Karlsson
> 
> I am from Perú, we are a group of students and we plan to install Red Hat
> Linux 6.2 using the hardware you said.
> (Adaptec 29160N whith HDD Quantum Atlas V) we are just to buy it in the next
> week, but in yor mail I see you have
> problems with it.
> 
> If you get it to work fine, I 'll be glad to know what do you do?.
> 
> Thank you.
> Victor Salcedo.
> 
> PD. Sorry about my English
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pk at physicist.net <pk at physicist.net>
> To: aic7xxx at FreeBSD.ORG <aic7xxx at FreeBSD.ORG>
> Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:41 PM
> Subject: Adaptec 29160N
> 
> 
> >Hello!
> >
> >I'm new to this list so I hope this isn't off-topic. I recently bought a
> 29160N ultra 160 card, since, acc. to adaptec's homepage, it was supported
> under linux (I'm using kernel 2.2.14), but I got a problem with my harddisk
> not showing up as a ultra 160 device (it's an quantum atlas V) at boot.
> Since then i've been trying to track down the problem to no avail
> (contacting quantum support, the retailer's support and adaptec's support,
> looking at possible termination and cable problems but everything's ok).
> Then I got a question from quantum what driver I'm using, and I thought that
> it should not pose any problems since this happens at boot, before the
> kernel gets loaded. But I took a look in the aic7xxx.c file and the
> readme.aic7xxx to see that my card is /not/ supported after all (yes I
> should have looked there in the first place). :'-( Hmmm... well the card is
> detected alright but I'm only worried that the sequencer code that's
> downloaded at kernel-boot is doing something wron!
> >g with the card since the driver is not meant to work for the 29160N. Are
> my assumption correct? What can I do to correct the problem, if so?
> >
> >As a small sidenote: the card seems to work fine with my panasonic cdr and
> my plextor cdrom.
> >
> >Another question: will the 29160N (and I guess the whole adaptec ultra 160
> series) be supported in the near future, i.e. is someone working on it?
> >
> >Best regards
> >
> >Peter Karlsson
> >
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