From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Oct 27 0:45:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from postoffice.aims.com.au (advanc2.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.119.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E88B14D36 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 00:45:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Chris@aims.com.au) Received: from postoffice.aims.com.au (nts-ts1.aims.private [192.168.0.2]) by postoffice.aims.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA09359 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:45:48 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from Chris@aims.com.au) Received: from nts-ts1 by aims.com.au with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.8.5.0e.R) for ; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:45:33 +1100 From: "Chris Knight" To: Cc: Subject: RE: Porting a SCSI driver from 2.2.x to 3.x Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:45:31 +1100 Message-ID: <000a01bf204f$3f665700$0200a8c0@nts-ts1.aims.private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <199910270714.AAA01114@dingo.cdrom.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Return-Path: Chris@aims.com.au Reply-To: chris@aims.com.au Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Howdy, Yeah, Simon has been doing it properly for a long time now. My requirements are somewhat different. The DPT V is already pretending to be a SCSI device in 2.2.8. I just want it to pretend to be one under 3.x. Regards, Chris Knight Systems Administrator AIMS Independent Computer Professionals Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 Web: http://www.aims.com.au > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Smith > Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 1999 18:14 > To: chris@aims.com.au > Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG; ken@kdm.org > Subject: Re: Porting a SCSI driver from 2.2.x to 3.x > > > > Howdy, > > Thanks for the info. I'm looking at converting the DPT > SmartRAID V driver > > that Mark Salyzyn made available for FreeBSD 2.2.x. Mark > informed me that > > the conversion was on his list of things to do, but > wouldn't be happening in > > the short term. > > Any gotchas that I should be aware of before allocating > large amounts of > > time to this? > > Yeah; Simon Shapiro is working on doing it properly. > > The DPT V is an I2O card. Having it pretend to be a SCSI device is > just about the most difficult way that you could think of to support > it. Except maybe if you tried to pretend it was an ISA joystick. > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ > msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message