From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 28 15:02:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27672 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:02:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA27575 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:02:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA15139; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:01:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980728150135.A14581@Alameda.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 15:01:35 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: "Justin T. Gibbs" , Jaye Mathisen Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BusTek/BusLogic/Mylex driver Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <199807282117.PAA04283@narnia.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807282117.PAA04283@narnia.plutotech.com>; from Justin T. Gibbs on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:17:50PM -0600 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:17:50PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > In article 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message