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Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 13:14:28 -0800
From: Steve Khoo <steve@gordian.com>
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To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: DPT SmartRAID V family of RAID Controllers supported?
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Eivind Eklund wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 04:34:13PM -0800, Steve Khoo wrote:
> > I know the older SmartRAID IV family is supported, but I was wondering if the
> > new cards are also supported, especially the Fibre Channel controllers.
> >
> > Also, is DLM(Distributed Lock Manager) available on current yet?
> 
> No.  This is blocked by Yours Truly not being able to make heads or
> tail of somebody's comments WRT spl problems with the implementation,
> and said somebody never coming up with the finished fixes he promised.
> 
> > How about a FreeBSD native dptmgr; I'd prefer not to boot to DOS to
> > run it.
> 
> The only likely alternative is to run the SCO version under emulation.
> This is farther from being possible after the CAM integration, as the
> hooks for this was removed.
> 
> Eivind.

Hmmm...  That's too bad.  I really like the DPT controllers.  We have one in our
FreeBSD server here.  I wonder how many out there use DPT controllers in their
FreeBSD servers, and if there is enough demand would DPT port dptmgr to FreeBSD?

SEK

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