From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 7 14:11:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from lamb.sas.com (lamb.sas.com [192.35.83.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A0E14BF5 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:11:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sasblc@unx.sas.com) Received: from mozart (mozart.unx.sas.com [192.58.184.28]) by lamb.sas.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA19464 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:11:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from newlgn49.unx.sas.com by mozart (5.65c/SAS/Domains/5-6-90) id AA08940; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:10:30 -0500 From: Brad Chisholm Received: by newlgn49.unx.sas.com (5.65c/SAS/Generic 9.01/3-26-93) id AA10196; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:10:30 -0500 Message-Id: <200001072210.AA10196@newlgn49.unx.sas.com> Subject: Adaptec AAC-364 RAID controller support To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:10:30 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I see from the FreeBSD driver database at http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers that support for the Adaptec AAC-364 RAID controller (aka Dell PERC 2) has been proposed, but it is stalled waiting on documentation from Adaptec. For what it's worth, you can add us to the list of people who have these cards and would very much like to use them under FreeBSD. Is there someone at Adaptec I could contact to "encourage" them to release the documentation we require? At the very least, it might be worthwhile to let them know there's interest in using their cards with FreeBSD. Once the development is able to proceed, I'd be happy to lend a hand where possible, even if only to test development versions of the driver. We're currently running different arrays with: 1) DPT SmartRAID IV 2) AMI MegaRAID Enterprise 1200 3) Vinum (raid 10) The Adaptec card looks like it might provide a superior solution. What's best way to proceed when trying to get documentation support from vendors? -- Brad Chisholm SAS Institute, Inc. sasblc@unx.sas.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message