From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Jan 22 08:08:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA23590 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:08:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncd.com (firewall-user@welch.ncd.com [192.43.160.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA23579 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:08:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by ncd.com; id IAA05049; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:46:26 -0800 Received: from z-code.z-code.com(192.82.56.21) by welch.ncd.com via smap (g3.0.1) id xma005043; Mon, 22 Jan 96 08:46:22 -0800 Received: from zolaris.z-code.com (zolaris.z-code.com [192.82.56.41]) by z-code.z-code.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA17715; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:05:58 -0800 Received: by zolaris.z-code.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA27586; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:03:48 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" Message-Id: <9601220803.ZM27584@zolaris.z-code.com> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 08:03:47 -0800 In-Reply-To: Brian Tao "Re: Aaptec 3985 controller" (Jan 19, 12:35) References: X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94) To: Brian Tao , "Andrew V. Stesin" Subject: DPT Raid controller (was Re: Aaptec 3985 controller) Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" , scsi@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Jan 19, 12:35, Brian Tao wrote: > Subject: Re: Aaptec 3985 controller > On Fri, 19 Jan 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > > > > And I wonder -- did someone of the FreeBSD engineers try > > to talk with DPT? Their controllers are not too costly, > > but specs seem to be better than Adaptec's. And DPT _are_ > > RAIDish, AFAIK. > > This would be more productive in the meantime, while Adaptec beats > around the bush some more. Linux already has DPT drivers, so there is > at least a code base from which to work. I'd love to drop one of > those controllers in with a 64MB cache and run news on it... > -- > Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org) > Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc. > "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" > >-- End of excerpt from Brian Tao Hmmmmm, ok, I will try to contact DPT, even I have the problem with getting a controller at the moment. Ulf. -- Ulf Zimmermann, NCD Software, 101 Rowland Way, Suite 300, Novato, CA 94945 phone: 415-899-7941, email: ulf@z-code.ncd.com, phone-home: 510-865-0204 ====================================== FreeBSD 2.1.0 is available now! -------------------------------------- FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations ======================================