From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Sep 30 2:48:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5585E159AE; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 02:48:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.196.181]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA34EF; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:48:22 +0200 Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA07312; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:22:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:22:39 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Anthony Rubin Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD driver for DPT SmartRAID V Message-ID: <19990930112239.B6954@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <004f01bf0aef$4384c760$010210ac@arrubin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <004f01bf0aef$4384c760$010210ac@arrubin> Organisation: Ninth-Circle Enterprises Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On [19990930 08:14], Anthony Rubin (jedi@enteract.com) wrote: >With the release of the Linux driver for the DPT SmartRAID V cards I imagine >it is just a matter of time before we have a FreeBSD driver. I sent the >following message to DPT. > >>I know this may be a long shot, but here goes. What would be the >>possibilites of a FreeBSD driver for your SmartRAID V series? I know one >>will probably be created eventually now that you released your Linux driver >>with source, but I was hoping for one in the next month or so that I could >>purchase a SmartRAID V for use in a FreeBSD box that I have. Thanks in >>advance. If not, bug for tech-docs to be released free of NDA, whereas the FreeBSD hacker community will code the driver. This will impose no support for the driver upon DPT. Make sure to emphasize that. Another long shot. But it worked for other companies =) -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message