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Date:      Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:00:14 +0200
From:      Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DPT revision....(broken drivers in -STABLE)
Message-ID:  <v04220800b5ceb2ec6d75@[10.0.1.2]>
In-Reply-To: <200008270607.XAA09023@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
References:  <200008270607.XAA09023@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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At 11:07 PM -0700 2000/8/26, Mike Smith wrote:

>  The Linux driver for the V and VI cards is (according to a reliable
>  source) pretty awful.

	I've had to keep making modifications to them to get them to 
compile with newer and newer versions of the kernel, and while I keep 
contributing those changes back, they never seem to see the light of 
day.  ;-(

>  I have theoretically production-quality drivers from Adaptec which I will
>  be committing as soon as I have time to test them (a few days, I hope).

	Cool!  I can't wait!

	Is there anything I can do to help?

--
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