From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 11:35:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13EED37B401 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 11:35:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B14A43F75 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 11:35:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8540D72FD1; Sat, 10 May 2003 11:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822AA72FCC; Sat, 10 May 2003 11:35:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 11:35:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Jake Burkholder In-Reply-To: <20030510165818.GA5077@locore.ca> Message-ID: <20030510113503.I66758@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030508164414.X44260@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20030510165818.GA5077@locore.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: someone working on fas? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 18:35:44 -0000 On Sat, 10 May 2003, Jake Burkholder wrote: > Apparently, On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 05:01:01PM -0700, > Doug White said words to the effect of; > > > I'm sure you hear this all the time, but is someone actively working on a > > driver for the fas SCSI controllers? If not, then I'll take a crack at it > > -- I have an Ultra 1 200E, I just need the specs or something to steal > > from. > > > > Hints? > > Scott Long is working on it. The existing amd(4) driver supports similar > chips and he figured it was easier to write an sbus attachment and deal > with any differences between different chipsets than to convert the netbsd > esp driver to cam. I haven't heard any news recently, he may be interested > in help or you taking it over :) amd seems like a wierd driver since its a symbios deriviative, but if I see scott I'll ping him. Thanks! -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org