Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:14:00 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> Cc: mylexsup@us.ibm.com, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mylex RAID drivers Message-ID: <200106190214.f5J2E0P03750@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Jun 2001 01:47:00 -0000." <Pine.LNX.4.20.0106190135270.4752-100000@www.everquick.net>
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> Greetings,
>
> Where would one find the information necessary to write a device driver
> for the DAC960 family of controllers?
You ask me. 8)
> I ask because many FreeBSD users have DAC960 controllers (I alone have one
> rev 2.xx and two rev 3.xx cards) that we wish to use with FreeBSD.
> However, it seems that the device driver needs work.
That's correct.
> We understand that Linux has a working driver for firmware rev 3.xx and
> newer cards. However, due to licensing differences between Linux and BSD,
> we [the FreeBSD developer and user community] wish to continue working
> with the more flexible BSD license.
>
> Please direct us to a developer's resource so that will allow us to
> further develop BSD drivers, and to continue enjoying Mylex RAID
> controllers.
If you're seriously interested in fixing the problems with these
adapters, please contact me off the list and we can talk about it. The
issues are relatively straightforward, they just need someone with a
suitable adapter and some time to work on it.
Regards,
Mike
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