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Subject: Re: Adaptec AAC raid support
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Theo de Raadt wrote:
>>What part of the FreeBSD AAC driver is closed, emcumbered, or otherwise 
>>non-free?
> 
> 
> The bits that do management.
> 
> Therefore, the bits that let it do what RAID controllers are meant to do.
> 
> Can you fully operate an aac(4) card -- 100% of it's abilities, on a
> FreeBSD machine, without using a binary only tool downloaded from the
> Dell web site?
> 
> Are you being obtuse on purpose?
> 
> Why don't you admit it.  FreeBSD relies on non-free binary code for
> Adaptec raid management.

Yes, I admit this.  And people thank me all the time for it.

> 
> You can't even put it onto a FreeBSD distribution CD.
> 
> Why do you keep discussing the free stuff, and distracting everyone
> from the non-free bits?
> 
> Is it because you used to work for Adaptec?  Are you paid to distract
> people from the non-free code?

No, but you're paranoid and refusing help.

Scott