From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 21 11:47:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA13511 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:47:42 -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 SAA13325 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:47:03 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 LAA01131; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:43:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804211843.LAA01131@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mike Smith cc: Ulf Zimmermann , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for major number for Mylex RAID controller In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:54:07 PDT." <199804211754.KAA00930@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:43:07 -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? Just to point out that this is of course totally bogus. What's the driver called? I'll do this right away. -- \\ 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