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Date:      Sat, 10 May 2003 11:35:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: someone working on fas?
Message-ID:  <20030510113503.I66758@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030510165818.GA5077@locore.ca>
References:  <20030508164414.X44260@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20030510165818.GA5077@locore.ca>

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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



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