From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jul 29 06:58:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA14360 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 06:58:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from luke.pmr.com (luke.pmr.com [207.170.114.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA14354 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 06:57:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.pmr.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id IAA09998; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 08:57:31 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19970729085731.33825@pmr.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 08:57:31 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: Tom Samplonius Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT driver integration? Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: ; from Tom Samplonius on Sun, Jul 20, 1997 at 11:38:10PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, Jul 20, 1997 at 11:38:10PM -0700, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > When is the DPT driver likely to be integrated into current, and later > into 2.2.2? > > I wish I could try it, but my 3334UW doesn't seem to be able to save its > array configuration (every time I run dptmgr, it says I have to do an > initial setup, even though I've done it a dozen times). DPT claims it is > probably a cabling problem, which sounds phony to me, as isn't the array > configuration stored in NVRAM on the card? No, the array configuration is stored on the disks (all of them that participate in the array, as I recall). The card reads this info from the disks to determine the configuration. -- Bob Willcox Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread bob@luke.pmr.com to determine which side it is buttered on. Austin, TX -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"