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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 1997 08:57:31 -0500
From:      Bob Willcox <bob@pmr.com>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DPT driver integration?
Message-ID:  <19970729085731.33825@pmr.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970720233451.3887C-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from Tom Samplonius on Sun, Jul 20, 1997 at 11:38:10PM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970720233451.3887C-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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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"



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