From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 21 10:58:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28600 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:58:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA28487 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:58:27 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00930; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804211754.KAA00930@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Ulf Zimmermann cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for major number for Mylex RAID controller In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:41:39 PDT." <199804211741.KAA21218@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:54:07 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I am getting into the phase of a working driver ;-) So I need a major number > > > for it. Who can assign one ? > > > > Is this like the Mylex RAID controller(s) that the CAM code supports? > > Aehm, if I look into the README of CAM, it talks about the Mylex/Buslogic > controllers, which are not raid controllers. The DAC-960 is a hardware > level raid controller with 1 to 5 SCSI channels (5 only on EISA) with an > Intel i960 CPU. So "no", right? I presume that your driver exports a control interface, hence the need for a major number, correct? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message