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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
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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
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