From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Aug 14 14:13:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBFD837B598 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:13:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA04741; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:25:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200008142125.OAA04741@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Ken Menzel" Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT smartraid V and VI I2o In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 14 Aug 2000 15:17:34 EDT." <047f01c00624$4dc7c160$7c1663cf@icarz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:25:28 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have drivers from DPT; as soon as I have some sample adapters to test with I'll be committing them to the 4.x and 5.x branches. FreeBSD is on Adaptec/DPT's support roadmap, and the folks involved in this project are quite up to speed. In the meantime, I can suggest that you look at Mylex and AMI's product offerings, although we're a little behind the ball on both just now. See http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith/RAID for more details. > Excuse me if this has been asked recently, however the most recent > reference I can find in the archives goes back to last October. Does anyone > know if Simon has made any progress on these drivers or if anyone else has > tried? Or barring that if anyone can suggest an alternate controller. I > have always used the DPT's but if there's a company that provides better > FreeBSD support and the same features and performance as DPT I would love to > hear that too. I have always used BSDi, but to to a very buggy threads > library (in BSDi) I am trying FreeBSD. (yes I hav checked Simon's web > page, it looks like it hasn't changed in months!). > Ken > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message