Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:35:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: EAZNet - Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com> Cc: 'Scott Long' <scottl@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller Message-ID: <20050222101711.G97883@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20050222180242.8DCB3107109@mail.eaznet.com> References: <20050222180242.8DCB3107109@mail.eaznet.com>
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote: > Hmmm, that sucks. There are linux drivers. I wonder if there is a way t= o > get the specs from the linux developers. I see a vendor driver and an "in progress" marker on the libata status page. gjarzik appears to be the only "linux developer" who'd know anything about the hardware. The vendor driver says: * THIS CODE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF MARVELL. which precludes us from reading it to get the necessary details. > I'm going to put in a call to both > Supermicro and Marvell and see if I can round up: > > Supermicro: a demo board > Marvell: specs, references, and code samples > > Anything else you'll need to get this rolling? > > Eddie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Long [mailto:scottl@freebsd.org] > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 4:41 PM > To: EAZNet - Eddie Fry > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller > > EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote: > > Soren/others, > > > > > > > > I=92d like to offer to donate US$100 to getting the Marvell RAID contro= ller > > working quickly. I=92d rather see this driver implemented than to go b= uy > > another controller. I=92d be more than happy to beta the driver. I ne= ed to > > do some testing/configuring on this box before deployment, so testing t= he > > RAID driver would not be a problem. However, I am on a timetable=85 > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Eddie Fry > > > > EAZNet Internet Services > > > > > > The problem is not with there being no desire to make this hardware > work, it's that Marvell refuses to provide any specs, references, or > code samples that could be used to write an open driver. > > Scott > > > --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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