Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:19:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Magnus Carlebjork <magnus@carlebjork.se> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HighPoint RocketRAID 1820 Driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.61.0408312311040.71630@crimp.gluerecord.net> In-Reply-To: <4134E56F.3020707@DeepCore.dk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.61.0408312235370.71630@crimp.gluerecord.net> <4134E56F.3020707@DeepCore.dk>
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Søren Schmidt wrote: > 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? > > Well it would be if it had source code with it. All the interesting bits are > in a binary .o file. Ah, I see, they do a 'cp -f raid.obj raid.o'. Interesting ;) > That said, I'm close to finishing support for the Marvell chip used in that > controller as part of the ATA driver, so native support will happen when I > get time to get it finished and out the door :) Thank you for replying, I look forward to trying the driver once it is finished! Regards, -- Magnus Carlebjork MCA14-RIPE Stockholm, Sweden +46 70 2060216
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