From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 28 05:20:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE67716A4DD for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CFA43D49 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:20:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1G6KlU-000I6m-JD; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:20:00 -0600 In-Reply-To: <44C99C73.5000607@comcast.net> References: <44C99C73.5000607@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4A39AC57-C04D-4A6D-871E-DB1A22B7F406@shire.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:20:00 -0600 To: Telting X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Non blob frebsd raid 5 drivers... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:20:01 -0000 On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Telting wrote: > I just wanted to get it straight. I think I read some post that > said that 3ware actually has and uses commit access to the freebsd > source tree. Can anyone comfirm this for me? > > I currently have a highpoint 2220 controller. I got it because of > the Freebsd support what appeared to be available driver source > code only to be humilitated to discover after the fact that what's > labeled source is a "blob" module, and not source at all. > > Areca is a name I never heard before this list. They appartly > support bsd but, what level of support? Binary Driver, blob, > source, or docs? They appear to have a source driver. /usr/src/sys/dev/arcmsr /usr/src/sys/dev/arcmsr/arcmsr.c /usr/src/sys/dev/arcmsr/arcmsr.h arcmsr is the driver name for areca (man arcmsr) top of the .c file reads: /* ************************************************************************ ****************** ** O.S : FreeBSD ** FILE NAME : arcmsr.c ** BY : Erich Chen ** Description: SCSI RAID Device Driver for ** ARECA (ARC1110/1120/1160/1210/1220/1260) SATA RAID HOST Adapter ** ARCMSR RAID Host adapter[RAID controller:INTEL 331 (PCI-X) 341(PCI-EXPRESS) chip set] ************************************************************************ ****************** ************************************************************************ ** ** Copyright (c) 2004-2006 ARECA Co. Ltd. ** Erich Chen, Taipei Taiwan All rights reserved. ** I have several Areca cards because they support both BSD and Solaris with their drivers and I run both and want my HW to be as versatile as possible... Have not actually run one in BSD yet though that will happen. I have several but none are yet in production, just testing. They do do quite well in reviews and bake-offs against other raid cards. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net