Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 13:41:31 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Mark Dawson <md@doc.ic.ac.uk> Subject: Re: CPQ Smart-2 PCI Disk Array Controllers Message-ID: <19981212134131.M457@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.981212114150.23458A-100000@sv01.cet.co.jp>; from Michael Hancock on Sat, Dec 12, 1998 at 11:45:40AM %2B0900 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.981212114150.23458A-100000@sv01.cet.co.jp>
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On Saturday, 12 December 1998 at 11:45:40 +0900, Michael Hancock wrote: > http://www.insync.net/~frantzc/cpqarray.html > > It's for Linux and GPL'ed but at least source is available and Compaq > appears to be providing specs to the author. I haven't looked at it, but a couple of weeks ago Mark Dawson noted: > An update for the 'ida' driver for FreeBSD-3.0 is available at: > > http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~md/ida/ > > As I don't run FreeBSD-3.0 in production it is relatively untested > (feedback would be appreciated). It runs up happily on the latest > Compaq SMART controller, FYI: > > http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/storage/3200-description.html > > A floppy boot image may be forthcoming soon (courtesy of David James at > BT). > > It would be great if the FreeBSD team would allocate us major and minor > device numbers for the 'id' (Intelligent Disk [Array]) as this would > make it easier to get the native (i.e. non-cuckooing) support sorted. Jordan gave him block major 29. I don't know what happened with the character major, which he'll also need, so possibly he hasn't got very far. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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