From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 8 20:10:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3A516A403 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 20:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8993313C483 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 20:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l48KApDq053054; Tue, 8 May 2007 16:10:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l48KAo7p064521 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 8 May 2007 16:10:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200705082010.l48KAo7p064521@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 16:11:02 -0400 To: Barrett Lyon , freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <9FC464A4-4405-4C10-A7CB-0A424EA4EAD3@blyon.com> References: <9FC464A4-4405-4C10-A7CB-0A424EA4EAD3@blyon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: Functional RAID controller? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 20:10:56 -0000 At 10:57 AM 5/8/2007, Barrett Lyon wrote: >>From: xxx@amcc.com >>Subject: RE: 3ware driver issues-Machine to be dropped at 3ware >>Date: May 7, 2007 5:14:04 PM PDT >> >>Good Afternoon. Sorry for the delay in getting back to everyone. We >>have been discussing this internally, and ultimately BSD 7 is >>unreleased, unstable OS at this time. >> >>I am sorry, but this is not something we can put resources in at this >>time and if you bring a systems here, it could not be worked on right >>away either. It would be weeks/months before we can work on this... > >I would like to find a SATA RAID controller that plays nice by a >company that is FreeBSD friendly and progressively working on their >drivers. Does anyone have any suggestions other than to not use the >7.0 branch? Are they saying FreeBSD in general, or HEAD specifically ? i.e. would they commit resources to fixing issues in a RELEASE branch, but not a development branch ? ---Mike