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Date:      Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:32:35 +0200
From:      thrawn@linux.nu
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: IBM ServRAID 3L controller support under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20020704223235.B709@dasboot.birch.se>
In-Reply-To: <20020703203149.A35629@panzer.kdm.org>; from ken@kdm.org on Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:31:49PM -0600
References:  <20020703112152.A1210@thrawn.birch.se> <20020703101035.17168.qmail@web14101.mail.yahoo.com> <20020703123125.A1428@thrawn.birch.se> <20020703110514.GA13385@myhakas.estpak.ee> <20020703142433.A1632@thrawn.birch.se> <20020703134455.GA14089@myhakas.estpak.ee> <20020703203149.A35629@panzer.kdm.org>

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Hi, for the 2^10 time...

On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:31:49PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 16:44:55 +0300, Vallo Kallaste wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:24:33PM +0200, thrawn@linux.nu wrote:
> > 
> > > > The chip doesn't matter, it's the powerpc or i960 processor which
> > > > does the work and the driver will communicate with. If I remember
> > > > Mike Smith said ages ago that he can do the driver as paid work. So
> > > > far nobody has been interested enough and there's no driver for IBM
> > > > ServeRAID line.
> > > 
> > > Well I guess I better replace it then, are you absolutly sure about this?
> > > 
> > > Forgive me if Im paranoid... :)
> > 
> > Yes I am sure. IBM owns Mylex and FreeBSD has driver for their RAID
> > cards, so it's the logical replacement.. in hopes the Mylex cards
> > are absolutely compliant with IBM PC-server offerings. But IBM
> > announced plans for shutting down the Mylex division, so I'm not
> > sure what will be the best replacement wrt. compliance and
> > performance.
> 
> For what it's worth, Adaptec bough IBM's ServeRAID division a couple of
> months ago.

No sh1t? I didn't know that ( this is not a diss! ) Thanks for the info, 
That is strange that I havent heard of it, yet.

> Here's the press release, although it isn't terribly clear:
> 
> http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/company/pressrelease.html?sess=no&pressCat=%2fCorporate+Announcements%2fEarnings+Releases+and+Financials&prodkey=03272002&cat=/Company/Press%20Room

I will check it out...

> Now that Adaptec owns the ServeRAID technology, things might change with
> respect to driver availability.

You can't be sure.

> (Can't promise anything, of course.)

No you are not the CEO of Adaptec... yet.

> Ken
> -- 
> Kenneth Merry
> ken@kdm.org

Thanks

Mvh Mattias Björk

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