From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 18:48:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A618A16A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:48:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.portaone.com (web.portaone.com [195.70.151.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF5AE43D49 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:48:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sobomax@portaone.com) Received: from [192.168.1.26] (SIRIUS-ats227-UTC.ukrtel.net [195.5.25.154]) (authenticated bits=0) by www.portaone.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j2GIlwin022514 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:47:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sobomax@portaone.com) Message-ID: <42387F54.5070801@portaone.com> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:47:48 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev Organization: Porta Software Ltd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Long References: <001501c52a4e$2b35f7e0$0a03000a@RLaptop> <20050316102351.X24083@carver.gumbysoft.com> <42387D4D.1070207@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <42387D4D.1070207@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/685/Wed Jan 26 10:08:24 2005 clamav-milter version 0.80j on www.portaone.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Richard Tector Subject: Re: Areca SATA RAID controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:48:01 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > Doug White wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Richard Tector wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was wondering if there are any plans to merge into HEAD the driver >>> for the >>> Areca SATA RAID controllers? >>> They do supply FreeBSD drivers, including source, at >>> ftp://60.248.88.208/RaidCards/AP_Drivers/FreeBSD/DRIVER/ which I have >>> had no >>> problems so far using under RELENG_5 though I have yet to test the >>> controller and drivers under -CURRENT. >> >> >> >> I don't see any PRs with patches. The source is BSD-licensed so it only >> needs an advocate and a committer. >> > > If someone is willing to send me a card, I'll make sure the driver gets > into the tree. I think it may make sense to contact Areca and ask them to send you a card. Since I guess that the cost of making FreeBSD drivers if far more than cost of the single card, while getting it into the tree means less headache and maintenance for them in the future and more convinience for their users. -Maxim