From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 7 13:46:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF5116A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cmsrelay02.mx.net (cmsrelay02.mx.net [165.212.11.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3B7CA43D46 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:46:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from noackjr@alumni.rice.edu) Received: from uadvg130.cms.usa.net (165.212.11.130) by cmsoutbound.mx.net with SMTP; 7 Apr 2004 20:38:38 -0000 Received: from optimator.noacks.org [65.69.0.65] by uadvg130.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/noackjr@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.13N) with ESMTP id 541iDguMj0311M30; Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:38:35 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 65.69.0.65 AUTH noackjr@usa.net optimator.noacks.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C86496162; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:38:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from optimator.noacks.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (optimator.noacks.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 21130-08; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:38:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: from alumni.rice.edu (optimator [192.168.1.11]) by optimator.noacks.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12ADB610C; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:38:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <407466C7.8030200@alumni.rice.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 15:38:31 -0500 From: Jon Noack User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5+ (Windows/20040312) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org, scott_long@btc.adaptec.com, mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at noacks.org Subject: asr and the modern era X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:46:54 -0000 Hey all, I have an Adaptec 2100s, a spare machine (i386), and no lif^H^H^H project at the moment. It seems that the asr driver is rather unloved. I would like to rectify that in my awkward, teenage boy coming-into-his-own way... I'm not familiar with any of the code in question, so this will be a learning experience for me. I hope it will be beneficial for me and others. What I would greatly appreciate is any help/pointers to get me on my way. My (admittedly uninformed) goal is to complete the steps outlined on the busdma page (http://www.freebsd.org/projects/busdma/index.html). I contacted David O'Brien about any progress he's made but have not heard back from him (I assume not much has happened here). I would especially appreciate comments from those who have performed these same steps for other drivers. I hope to acquire an amd64 machine at some point to help test these changes. Given my lack of experience, this is a bit overwhelming, but I plan to dive right in. Direction to the deep end of the pool would be very helpful ;-). Thanks, Jon Noack