From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 21 11:17:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA04713 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:17:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA04667 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:16:58 GMT (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id LAA03349; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:17:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd003347; Tue Apr 21 11:16:58 1998 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id LAA22309; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:16:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199804211816.LAA22309@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: Request for major number for Mylex RAID controller In-Reply-To: <199804211754.KAA00930@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Apr 21, 98 10:54:07 am" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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? "No" is correct. CAM supports the Buslogic BT-54x, BT-445x, BT-74x, BT-75x, BT-94x and BT-95x, which are now just owned by Mylex. > > I presume that your driver exports a control interface, hence the need > for a major number, correct? The driver gives an interface to the system drives, which are basicly block devices. Additional SCSI devices like tapes and cdrom will be handled via the normal SCSI interface. As far I know Unix, I will need a major number for this, as the system drives itself are not "SCSI" drives from a host computer stand, but block devices. Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message