From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 21 16:29:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20238 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:29:59 -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 XAA20232 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:29:56 GMT (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id QAA05625; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:29:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd005623; Tue Apr 21 16:29:38 1998 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id QAA02329; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:29:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199804212329.QAA02329@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: Request for major number for Mylex RAID controller In-Reply-To: <199804211843.LAA01131@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Apr 21, 98 11:43:07 am" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:29:33 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, ulf@Alameda.net, 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? > > > > 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 I call it currently myx. 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