From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 18 16:22:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA00501 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 16:22:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwnexus.wa.com (nwnexus.wa.com [192.135.191.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA00477 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 1996 16:21:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.statsci.com by nwnexus.wa.com with SMTP id AA04025 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 18 Oct 1996 16:20:06 -0700 Received: from statsci.com [206.63.206.184] with smtp by main.statsci.com with smtp (/\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.3 #3) id m0vEOCz-0003wuC; Fri, 18 Oct 96 16:20 PDT Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: Joe Harvey , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drive Controller References: In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:15:08 -0700." Reply-To: scott@statsci.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 16:20:04 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Joe Harvey wrote: > > > Does FreeBSD support the BusLogic Flashpoint adaptors? > > No. BusLogic refuses to release the specs for this driver, so until that > happens, no support under any OS other than DOS or Windows 95. I asked this same question recently, but in the context of having discovered that a Linux BusLogic FlashPoint LT driver is about to be released. See and a string of messages in the freebsd-hardware mailing list with a subject of "BusLogic FlashPoint drivers?". I think the basic upshot is that folks are thinking about it and it appears to be possible now. Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org