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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 1997 09:22:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DPT driver integration?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970729092159.28023A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <19970729085731.33825@pmr.com>

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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




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