From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jan 8 15:11: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (dhcp244.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B5537B6A4 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:10:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f08NNme02027; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 15:23:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200101082323.f08NNme02027@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: cristian nicolae Cc: "O. Hartmann" , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ICP-VORTEX RAID controler and FBSD 4.2-STABLE In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Jan 2001 21:31:34 +0100." <3A5A23A6.ED155C2A@chello.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 15:23:48 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just to make public what I've been responding with in private; ICP have a driver close to being ready. I need to get some more of my hardware out of storage and get back to them on a couple of issues, but look for something shortly. They've been responding to ongoing customer demand, which is just the way it should work. Thanks everyone for keeping this up; as the slow link in the chain I hope to get moving on this very shortly. Regards, Mike > Oliver, > Couple of months ago I spoke with the manufacturer on this issue. > As you probably know they support Linux and the drivers can be > downloaded from their website. > > At that time their answer was no and it was motivated by the "reduced" > numnber of FreeBSD users. But they were willing to reconsider provided > that more and more people are asking for it. > > I know that there is a driver under developement by the FreeBSD group as > well. > But you have to check the status. The last posting on that was dated May > 2000, if I recall correctly. > > Cristian > > > > "O. Hartmann" wrote: > > > > Dear Sirs. > > > > Does anyone know whether ICP-VORTEX RAID controlers are supported or > > working with FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE? I looked into the newest hardware > > compatibility list and I did not find anything related. Maybe these > > controlers are based upon other well known and supported hardware > > but relabeled for business purposes. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Oliver > > > > - > > MfG > > O. Hartmann > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de > > > > Klimadatenserver-Abteilung des IPA > > IT Netz- und Systembetreuung > > Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz > > Becherweg 21 > > D-55099 Mainz > > > > Tel: +496131/3924662 (Maschinensaal) > > Tel: +496131/3924144 > > FAX: +496131/3923532 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message