From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 10 14:02:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10495 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:02:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sendero.simon-shapiro.org (sendero-fddi.Simon-Shapiro.ORG [206.190.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10457 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:02:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@sendero-fxp0.simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 26694 invoked by uid 1000); 10 Mar 1998 22:09:28 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-030698 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:09:28 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: Ted Spradley Subject: Re: DPT in GENERIC Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10-Mar-98 Ted Spradley wrote: >> Is there any objection for the DPT driver being added to the GENERIC >> kernel >> configuration and thus being available on the standard boot floppy? > > I don't have any objection to the DPT driver in GENERIC if it doesn't > break > anything else, but I do object to this: >> >> ``I do not know what/do not have a DPT controller'' is not a valid >> objection. > > The reason I object is this: >> >> The DPT driver allows FreeBSD users the use of a family of SCSI RAID >> controllers which are typically used in high end servers. For details > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I'd bet that folks who've got these DPT things don't often run GENERIC > kernels > on their high-end servers, and probably don't have too much trouble > getting > FreeBSD installed on those high-end servers even though the GENERIC > kernel > lacks a driver they need. The GENERIC kernel has to fit on the boot > floppy > that's used to do an initial installation on a machine that's the only > computer in the building, and not connected to any network. As long as > adding > the DPT driver doesn't adversely effect that, then fine, add it. Even very high-end servers have to install from something. In FreeBSD, this something is the boot floppy made with the GENERIC kenrel. So, it is needed for them rich people too :-) Yes, the driver fits on a boot floppy. I know that. Adding it is not breaking anything else I know of. there is well over a year behind this driver. BTW, there are inexpensive DPT controleers. I think you can get a PCI one for about $275.00 or less. Yes, same exact driver code for all of them. ISA, EISA, PCI. No ISA probing support yet... ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message