From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jul 29 09:22:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA26228 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:22:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA26223 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0wtF2s-0007ID-00; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:22:46 -0700 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:22:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius To: Bob Willcox cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DPT driver integration? In-Reply-To: <19970729085731.33825@pmr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Bob Willcox wrote: > On Sun, Jul 20, 1997 at 11:38:10PM -0700, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > > When is the DPT driver likely to be integrated into current, and later > > into 2.2.2? > > > > I wish I could try it, but my 3334UW doesn't seem to be able to save its > > array configuration (every time I run dptmgr, it says I have to do an > > initial setup, even though I've done it a dozen times). DPT claims it is > > probably a cabling problem, which sounds phony to me, as isn't the array > > configuration stored in NVRAM on the card? > > No, the array configuration is stored on the disks (all of them > that participate in the array, as I recall). The card reads this > info from the disks to determine the configuration. It turns out my DPT 3334UW was DOA. I sent it back, and got a new one. It works perfectly, so far. > -- > Bob Willcox Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread > bob@luke.pmr.com to determine which side it is buttered on. > Austin, TX -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > > Tom