Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:32:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Paul MacKenzie <paul@elehost.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DPT Raid Scsi Cards w/ FreBSD 2.2.8 Message-ID: <19990121093206.G15785@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990120145718.009d8bf0@mail.elehost.com>; from Paul MacKenzie on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 02:58:24PM -0500 References: <4.1.19990117150527.009b8e60@mail.elehost.com> <4.1.19990117150527.009b8e60@mail.elehost.com> <19990118114828.K55525@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19990120145718.009d8bf0@mail.elehost.com>
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On Wednesday, 20 January 1999 at 14:58:24 -0500, Paul MacKenzie wrote: > Greg, > > Thanks for getting back to me... > > >>> I am looking at getting a DPT card to set up a hardware Raid system for a >>> FreeBSD 2.2.8 box I am building and wanted to get a little help and a few >>> pointers from people what are using DPT controllers >>> >>> 1) will the new generation of cards from DPT called SmartRaid V work with >>> the driver written >> >> Yes, when the driver's written, they'll work. The current driver >> doesn't support them. > > Should I just get the older version then to make sure its stable, or > wait? I don't know how much difference there is between the devices; you'll have to find that out for yourself. > How long do you estimate it might be till someone writes the driver? It's in progress at the moment. The author (Simon Shapiro) estimates several months. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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