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To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
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Subject: Re: aic7xxx (and sym53c8xx) plans 
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[Justin Gibbs]
> I've verified the driver's functionality on 25 different cards thus
> far covering the full range of chips from aic7770->aic7899.

That's very good to hear.  I know the temptation of only testing on new
hardware; that's why I was concerned.

> Lots of people here at Adaptec look at me funny when I pull a PC from
> the scrap-heap, or pull an old, discontinued card from an unused
> marketing display for use in my lab

Heh. (:

BTW, is there really enough common ground between the whole series of
AIC chips to justify a single huge driver?  I know they ship three
separate NT drivers to cover this range..

Peter
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