From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 20 15:02:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29738 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:02:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29715 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:02:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA13182; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:32:08 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id JAA17712; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:32:07 +1030 (CST) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:32:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Paul MacKenzie Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: DPT Raid Scsi Cards w/ FreBSD 2.2.8 Message-ID: <19990121093206.G15785@freebie.lemis.com> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990120145718.009d8bf0@mail.elehost.com>; from Paul MacKenzie on Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 02:58:24PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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