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Date:      Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:13:09 +0200
From:      "Peter G." <freebsd@disroot.org>
To:        mark@exonetric.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can we please finally solve Dell's racadm for FreeBSD? Advice needed
Message-ID:  <1c82e4d6-8fb6-3191-9e2f-ff7478c1284e@disroot.org>
In-Reply-To: <A484062E-E7F0-4747-BD9F-1462255118F3@exonetric.com>
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On 28/04/2018 15:56, Mark Blackman wrote:
>> On my own and out of my pocket I will offer 50 EUR in Bitcoin to anybody
>> who will solve the problem, i.e. provide a working racadm client which
>> can access and manage local hardware. Of course anybody else is welcome
>> to chime in. I am willing to put that in escrow with a trusted member of
>> the community. Please let me know what to do.
> 
> A kind offer, and much better than nothing. I think more like Nx1000 Euros 
> cash would be a more realistic offer.  Maybe a kickstarter campaign or similar
> to fund it? If all the Dell server managers clubbed together, I bet they could
> easily find that much.  Alternately persuade the FreeBSD foundation to put their
> focus behind it.

I don't think this much exposure and/or funds is/are really needed here.
The proposed port, especially after Dan's commits, is already
functional. The local access is missing. I bet if anybody with knowledge
what to do offers a bit of advice how to solve it, it will be solved in
no time. I'd say this is more about know-how than funds.
--
PG



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