From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 16:27:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A54416A517 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:27:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E47C643CAD for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:25:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2104118B40B; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:27:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11993-04; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:27:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-137-79-174.eastlink.ca [24.137.79.174]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67745118B3A7; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:27:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 089465CA73; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:27:06 -0400 (AST) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:27:05 -0400 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Scott Long , Charles Sprickman Message-ID: <902B43096AE760F6AACBAA0F@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <458070F1.8040507@samsco.org> References: <457E9222.2090406@withagen.nl> <458034A7.6010106@pingle.org> <20061213152502.N95481@sporker.bway.net> <458070F1.8040507@samsco.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100, asr driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:27:10 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Wednesday, December 13, 2006 14:30:25 -0700 Scott Long wrote: > Adaptec abandoned work on asr for FreeBSD about 5 years ago, and > abandoned all development on ASR cards and tools on all OSes about 4 > years ago, with the exception of maintenance commitments for certain > customers. They wrote the ASR technology assets off of their books > at that time, making it a firm, deliberate, and permanent business > decision. Could information like this be added somewhere, like the asr man page, or the handbook? I know in my case, one of the first things I did when we determined that the iir driver was having problem was to check the man page at teh AUTHORs section ... maybe add a note to the HISTORY stating when EOL happened for the driver as far as the manufacturer(S) were concerned? - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFgXtZ4QvfyHIvDvMRAjAwAKC7jE8Zmgn8J+wuMKjTvvdiEVF2AwCg0yJv V6hmZkVdGgHoikxbQLO6sy0= =MNes -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----