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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:53:07 -0700
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Vinod Kashyap <vkashyap@amcc.com>
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 05:16:30PM -0700, Vinod Kashyap wrote:
> > From: David O'Brien [mailto:obrien@freebsd.org]
> > Vinod,
> > As the FreeBSD 3Ware driver maintainer can you address these driver
> > concerns on AMD64 hardware [in 64-bit mode]?
...
> The official support on FreeBSD for 7xxx, 8xxx and 9xxx series
> controllers is only for i386.  Although the driver might work
> on other platforms, it's never been tested.  The FreeBSD management
> tools provided by 3ware are only for i386.

As twe(4) maintainer, what would it take for you to test the drivers on
FreeBSD/AMD64 (in 64-bit mode)?

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)