From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 4 22:24:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.3/8.7.3) id WAA17508 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 22:24:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from seagull.rtd.com (seagull.rtd.com [198.102.68.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA17501 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 22:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dgy@localhost) by seagull.rtd.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA12497; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 23:22:53 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis Message-Id: <199612050622.XAA12497@seagull.rtd.com> Subject: Re: qlogic scsi driver for FreeBSD? To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 23:22:53 -0700 (MST) Cc: darkstar@amf.net, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Dec 4, 96 09:48:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Now today I am trying to install FreeBSD on a freshly formatted > > scsi hard drive using the Q-Logic FAS408 host adapter. I have created > > the boot floppy, and have made it to the install choices menu. But our > > host adapter does not seem to be supported in version: 2.1.5. Is there > > a qlogic driver available? and how would I add this driver to the > > system so that install will work correctly? BTW: the cdrom is also a > > scsi drive so this adapter driver is very important. > > Qlogic controllers are not currently supported AFAIK. Qlogic tend to want NDA's for many of their chips. I imagine they would frown on the appearance of the source for an unencumbered driver... :> I've been moving designs to other vendors for exactly this reason. (from what I've seen of SCSI components, Qlogic doesn't have anything particularly "earth shaking" to protect...) --don