From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 25 4:50: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from sand2.sentex.ca (sand2.sentex.ca [209.167.248.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 413C214D6D for ; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 04:49:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from gravel (ospf-wat.sentex.net [209.167.248.81]) by sand2.sentex.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA20577; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:48:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <4.1.19990225070213.05df08f0@granite.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtancsa@granite.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:56:22 -0500 To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: Promise IDE board docs Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199902250949.KAA69146@freebsd.dk> References: <36d49bf8.1109180096@mail.sentex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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