Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:56:22 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Promise IDE board docs Message-ID: <4.1.19990225070213.05df08f0@granite.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <199902250949.KAA69146@freebsd.dk> References: <36d49bf8.1109180096@mail.sentex.net>
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At 04:49 AM 2/25/99 , S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: >It seems Mike Tancsa wrote: >> On 24 Feb 1999 18:39:36 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.current you wrote: >> > >> >Hmm, which suggests that I need to leave the "do it by hand" code in >> >there and recommend removing the BIOS :( >>=20 >> Are there any plans to support the Promise Fast Trak IDE RAID controller= ? > >Well, sortof, the FastTrak is AFAIK the exact same HW as the Ultra33, just >with a more "advanced" BIOS that does the RAID stuff. The current planned >support is to use it just as a Ultra33 controller, and then use ccd to >do the RAID magic under FreeBSD. Interesting. So the BIOS doesnt actually do the RAID work ? It still needs to be done in software ? ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 Canada * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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