From owner-freebsd-stable Mon May 4 16:10:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24493 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 4 May 1998 16:10:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from unagi.cybernothing.org (www.netpress.org [209.133.38.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24453 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 16:10:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdfalk@unagi.cybernothing.org) Received: (from jdfalk@localhost) by unagi.cybernothing.org (8.8.8/8.8.8/9804.17/JDF) id QAA06646; Mon, 4 May 1998 16:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980504160954.47108@cybernothing.org> Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 16:09:54 -0700 From: "J.D. Falk" To: Frank Mayhar Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of DPT driver in 2.2-stable? References: <199805041753.KAA12832@exit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199805041753.KAA12832@exit.com>; from Frank Mayhar on Mon, May 04, 1998 at 10:53:39AM -0700 X-Editor: nvi X-Comment: Stop e-mail spam for good! http://www.cauce.org/ Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On 05/04/98, Frank Mayhar wrote: > I have an ISP that wants to use a DPT controller in a production Usenet News > machine. I see from the hackers archive that a driver for that controller > is in -stable, but wanted to know about folk's experiences with it. Any > problems? Can I recommend it, or should I recommend another controller? We've been using a few at vix.com for a while now, all on BSDI machines...no major problems, though I would suggest keeping an eye on the DPT web site for firmware upgrades, 'cause that seems to be the only place where they'll ever admit to having any bugs.... ---------========== J.D. Falk =========--------- | "There is no constitutional requirement that the incremental cost of | | sending massive quantities of unsolicited advertisements must be | | borne by the recipients." | | -- Judge Graham, Compuserve vs. Cyber Promotions | ----========== http://www.cybernothing.org/jdfalk/home.html ==========---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message