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Subject: Re: HighPoint RocketRAID 1820 Driver
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Magnus Carlebjörk wrote:

> Hi. Are there any plans to import the source code for the highpoint 1820?
> 
> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS%20%2B%20Driver/rr1820/FreeBSD/rr182x-bsd-openbuild-v101.tgz 
> 
> 
> Quoting from the readme.txt in the driver source:
> 
> "THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS FREE SOURCE CODE"
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice to have a native driver?
> 
> 

Myself and several others are discussing this with HighPoint right now.
Some issues have come up that we are working through, but we hope to
import the driver soon.

Scott