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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, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote:

> Magnus Carlebj=F6rk wrote:
>> Hi. Are there any plans to import the source code for the highpoint 1820=
?
>>=20
>> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS%20%2B%20Driver/rr1820/FreeBSD/rr182x-=
bsd-openbuild-v101.tgz=20
>>=20
>> Quoting from the readme.txt in the driver source:
>>=20
>> "THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS FREE SOURCE CODE"
>>=20
>> 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=20
> 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 th=
at=20
> controller as part of the ATA driver, so native support will happen when =
I=20
> get time to get it finished and out the door :)

Thank you for replying, I look forward to trying the driver once it is fini=
shed!

Regards,
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Magnus Carlebjork=09MCA14-RIPE
Stockholm, Sweden=09+46 70 2060216
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