From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 11:13:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA05384 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:13:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nomis.simon-shapiro.org (nomis.simon-shapiro.org [209.86.126.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA05379 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:13:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 71900 invoked by uid 1000); 28 Dec 1998 20:18:19 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:18:19 -0500 (EST) X-Face: (&r=uR0&yvh>h^ZL4"-TH61PD}/|Y'~58Z# Gz&BK'&uLAf:2wLb~L7YcWfau{;N(#LR2)\i.l8'ZqVhv~$rNx$]Om6Sv36S'\~5m/U'"i/L)&t$R0&?,)tm0l5xZ!\hZU^yMyCdt!KTcQ376cCkQ^Q_n.GH;Dd-q+ O51^+.K-1Kq?WsP9;cw-Ki+b.iY-5@3!YB5{I$h;E][Xlg*sPO61^5=:5k)JdGet,M|$"lq!1!j_>? $0Yc? Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DPT SmartRaid V (i960 based) and FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Y'll Since I cannot afford to read this fine list on a regular basis and since I am getting several inquiries per day on this issue, here is a short brief on the subject: * I am the author of the FreeBSD DPT drivers. * These drivers support any DPT card (EISA and PCI) in the SmartRAID III and SmartRAID IV. * All DPT Cards up until the SmartRAID V were conforming to the EATA specifications, thus being able to share a single driver. * The SmartRAID V cards conform to the I2O standards and have (software-wise) nothing to do with any DPT card designed previously. * I am actively working on the development of the software necessary for FreeBSD to be able to utilize these fine cards. To this end, I am working with the DPT engineering folks to assure prompt and quality product. * I do not expect the work to be completed before two-three months from now. Here is a summary of some issues in this regard: * The card is i2o compliant. * The i2o specifications are proprietary and neither the specifications nor any code based on these specifications can be published. * I have the necessary credentials and licensing agreements in place to allow me to develop i2o software. * There is no i2o infrastructure in FreeBSD. * I am actively busy developing such infrastructure. * Once the i2o infrastructure is viable, the DPT driver will be completed. Actually, these two are developed hand in hand. * There will be no source code of any of this work available until the i2o consortium decides to allow publication of work based on this standard. * I have no clue if and when such publication will be permitted. * A binary version of the code, in the form of a LKM, binary stubs, etc. will be made available on ftp://simon-shapiro.org/i2o. * These binaries will be updated once a week, tracking FreeBSD 3.0 and or CURRENT. * I have no plans to track any earlier versions of FreeBSD. * Alpha support will be concurrent with IA support. Hope this helps. As I said before, I do not have the ability to track this list, but please do not hesitate to drop me a line... Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG 770.265.7340 Simon Shapiro Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message