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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:01:35 -0700
From:      Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com>, Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BusTek/BusLogic/Mylex driver
Message-ID:  <19980728150135.A14581@Alameda.net>
In-Reply-To: <199807282117.PAA04283@narnia.plutotech.com>; from Justin T. Gibbs on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:17:50PM -0600
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.980727225747.5085B-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> <199807282117.PAA04283@narnia.plutotech.com>

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On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:17:50PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> In article <Pine.NEB.3.95.980727225747.5085B-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> you wrote:
> > 
> > Get DPT's or Adaptec's.  Development of the Buslogic line seems to have
> > died.
> > 
> > Given adaptec's new stance towards free OS's, and Mylex's closed-door
> > policy, I can only imagine that the Adaptec drivers will continue to
> > improve.
> 
> Mylex is hardly closed-door.  I had no problem getting the documentation
> required to write the FreeBSD-CAM BusLogic driver.  I believe that specs
> for their RAID controllers are easy to obtain too.  Just look at the
> Linux DAC960 driver.

Mylex gave me the documentation for the DAC960 controller and even
a 3 channel DAC960PJ with 8MB EDO/ECC memory. I am still working on
learning more about stuff to continue the driver. I have so far
the detection complete (PCI, which controller version, memory,
channels, system drives, etc.)

> 
> --
> Justin
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Regards, Ulf.

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