From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 11 23:03:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87ED16A403 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:03:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E08A043D73 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:03:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9BN3GJt001951; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:03:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k9BN3G68036210 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:03:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.0.20061011185639.093dacf0@sentex.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:01:14 -0400 To: "adam radford" From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: References: <452D709E.10904@bitfreak.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.3, clamav-milter version 0.88.3 on clamscanner2 X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: twa(4) update to support 9550SXU/9590SE controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:03:45 -0000 At 06:44 PM 10/11/2006, adam radford wrote: >'vkashyap' is no longer maintaining the 3ware 'twa' driver. > >'twa' driver in RELENG_6 and CURRENT both support 9550SXU and >9590SE controllers at this time. They both have the 0x1003 device ID. > >I will be sending an update in the near future to support the new series of >9650SE controllers, remove bundled firmware (we have a FreeBSD specific >userspace firmware update utility), and remove lots of non FreeBSD specific >code. Hi, Thats really great to hear 3ware continuing to support FreeBSD! We have a lot invested in the cards over the years and always recommend them on all platforms as they have been really rock solid for us. ---Mike