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Any comments pro or con regarding the ASUS PCI-SC875 SCSI controller?
I am considering using it with a system running RedHat v4.2, kernel
v2.0.30, 1 F/W Seagate Baracuda, 1 F/N Conner, an HP 4mm and Toshiba
CDROM.

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: >
: > Any comments pro or con regarding the ASUS PCI-SC875 SCSI controller?
: > I am considering using it with a system running RedHat v4.2, kernel
: > v2.0.30, 1 F/W Seagate Baracuda, 1 F/N Conner, an HP 4mm and Toshiba
: > CDROM.
:
: You made a good choice with the 875. We find them fast and the driver is
: stable.

Thanks for your follow-up.  I'm especially interested to hear that you
find the driver stable.  I had noticed in the v2.0.30 kernel source file
for the driver (ncr53c8xx.c) the following comment regarding the NCR
53C875 chipset:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**      Supported NCR chips:
**              53C810          (NCR BIOS in flash-bios required)
**              53C815          (~53C810 with on board rom BIOS)
**              53C820          (Wide, NCR BIOS in flash bios required)
**              53C825          (Wide, ~53C820 with on board rom BIOS)
**              53C860          (not yet tested)
**              53C875          (not yet tested)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I didn't want to test this myself. :-)

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Donovan Ready,
Lindsay Computer Systems
http://www.jumpnet.com/~lcs

look at ncr53c8xx-1.18i-to-2.3c-for-linux-pre-2.0.31-2.patch.gz

: The driver in 2.0.30 is not up to date its a version 1.12d. New
: drivers is aviable at ftp://linux.wauug.org/pub/roudier

: look at ncr53c8xx-1.18i-to-2.3c-for-linux-pre-2.0.31-2.patch.gz

Thanks!  I'll definetly do that when I get the card.  

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No problems so far, Roudier's drivers work flawlessly.

I've seen a few postings regarding problems using a CTM3200 tape drive in
conjunction with the SC-875. There are several possible explanations the
most likely being that a driver is not up to date. Also, I and a number
of others have noticed that the CTM3200 is particularly finnecky under
LINUX as far as tape tension is concerned. I have yet to experience a
tape error if I "mt retension" first, but using a tape without retensioning
may result in an error.

Peter Stein

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Quote:

> The driver in 2.0.30 is not up to date its a version 1.12d. New
> drivers is aviable at ftp://linux.wauug.org/pub/roudier

> look at ncr53c8xx-1.18i-to-2.3c-for-linux-pre-2.0.31-2.patch.gz

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Quote:> A followup question.

> The ASUS SC875 is about half the price of a Buslogic 958
> or Adaptec AHA2940UW.

> On the theory that you get what you pay for, what's missing
> from the SC875?

>     --PK

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 > The ASUS SC875 is about half the price of a Buslogic 958
 > or Adaptec AHA2940UW.

 > On the theory that you get what you pay for, what's missing
 > from the SC875?

Corporate greed and stupidity?

As far as I can see, both Adaptec and BusLogic are simply charging what
the market will bear; their products aren't anything special. Besides
that, Adaptec is the only manufacturer making Adaptec cards, Buslogic is
the only manufacturer making Buslogic cards, but there are several
manufacturers making NCR/Symbios based cards, so direct competition may
have a hand in keeping prices lower. Also, bundled software and support
may factor in.