From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Jan 23 09:58:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA24023 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:58:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw2.leirianet.pt (gw2-e0.leirianet.pt [195.23.92.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23969 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:57:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jm@pluriproj.pt) Received: from antares.leirianet.pt (antares.leirianet.pt [195.23.92.195]) by gw2.leirianet.pt (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA12121 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 17:58:44 GMT From: jm@pluriproj.pt (Jose' Monteiro) To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: (fwd) Re: FreeBSD support of Flashpoint LW Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 17:57:06 GMT X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: 2.6.3ia: 4289 7864 7C6F 06C6 BB1E 299E 8FFA DC61 - 5.0: B698 9856 F7DD C74B 657E 0122 9392 9164 F2EE A48B Organization: Leiri@net Reply-To: "Jose' Monteiro" Message-ID: <34d2d8d9.15698304@mail.pluriproj.pt> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id JAA24017 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I wrote to mylex technical support regarding FreeBSD support of FlashPoint LW SCSI Host Adapter. This was their answer. I think it will interest the FreeBSD SCSI development Team. Jose Monteiro On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 09:48:08 -0800, "Technical Support" wrote: >Dear Sir: I know of no FlashPoint driver for FreeBSD, but this is a >question you should ask of the FreeBSD programming group - we do not >write the Free Software/GPL drivers in-house. The FlashPoint is fully >supported in Linux. > >Regards, >Jo Kellner >Mylex Technical Support >510-608-2400 >510-745-7715 (fax) >http://www.mylex.com/support/techsupp.html > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jose' Monteiro wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We recently acquired a new server featuring a Pentium II and a >> Barracuda HD controlled by a FlashPoint LW SCSI Host Adapter. >> >> We only work with FreeBSD, when it comes to Internet Servers. So, I >> started the instalation and verified that there's no driver support >> for this SCSI Adapter in FreeBSD's generic kernel. >> >> Before I start hacking a new kernel with the driver included, I would >> like to know if this driver exists. >> >> If it doesn't, what should I do know with my brand new SCSI Adapter. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Jose Monteiro >> SysAdmin - Leiri@net - Portugal *---------Jose Monteiro ---------* |Pluriproj Lda.- Redes e Sistemas de Comunicacoes | |Agente IP em Leiria - http://www.pluriproj.pt | |Tel: +351 44 829980 - Fax: +351 44 829981 | |PGP Keys: www.pluriproj.pt/~admin/keys.html | |Fingerprints: X Headers | *------------------UIN: 3965786------------------*