Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 11:47:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, mike@smith.net.au, tom@sdf.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT install problem Message-ID: <199805261847.LAA00549@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 May 1998 12:39:04 CDT." <199805261739.MAA20179@dyson.iquest.net>
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> > > > On 22-May-98 Mike Smith wrote: > > >> > > >> > However, there are a couple of things that you personally (and other > > >> > concerned users) can do to help the situation. > > >> > > > >> > - Contribute commentary (as you have), documentation and source/ > > >> > procedural fixes. Remeber that FreeBSD is a volunteer project - > > >> > your support means that it will continue to improve. > > >> > - Donate a DPT controller to our testing pool so that we can test > > >> > with it. Chances are we can scrape enough disks together in one > > >> > place to meet the 20GB mark if we have one. > > >> > > >> I recently donated TWO DPT controllers and FIVE disk drives. They went > > >> to > > >> two separate FreeBSD prominent figures, but still do not add up to 20GB. > > > > > > Then we need some accountability from these prominent figures. Where > > > is their feedback on this discussion? > > > Do you want working kernel threads and SMP or DPT support? I am working > feverishly on the SMP and kernel threads stuff, and physically cannot do > any more in the day. I just want to know what these people are doing if not answering questions. Guessing and begging users for input is traditional stuff, but if there's a better alternative, I'm all for it. > I do plan to work on the DPT stuff, but I can only do one type of thing > at a time... Sounds reasonable to me. What we need are some underlings for you to boss around doing your grunt work. JD and the moonshine gang? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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