From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Jul 2 15:16:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA19914 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:16:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from IAEhv.nl (root@iaehv.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA19851 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:16:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjw@surf.IAE.nl) Received: from surf.IAE.nl (root@surf.IAEhv.nl [194.151.66.2]) by IAEhv.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA04589; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:16:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wjw@localhost) by surf.IAE.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA00878; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:16:25 +0200 (MET DST) From: Willem Jan Withagen Message-Id: <199807022216.AAA00878@surf.IAE.nl> Subject: Re: Using a DPT controller, pros and cons In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Jul 2, 98 06:10:44 pm" To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:16:24 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: wjw@IAEhv.nl, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: wjw@IAEhv.nl X-NCC-RegID: nl.iae X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You ( Simon Shapiro ) write: => I belive the shelf for 8 disks is about $2,300, the disks 9in a canister => are about $100 over mail order prices. The shelf comes with one cable and => two powersupplies, and two fans and an automatic differential/SE interface => and two terminators. But I may be wrong a bit. The most likely risk is that the US DPT department will redirect me to the European distributers. So whre do you get your stuff, or can you give a name of a person to get a quote. => > Is it possible to back-port these to 2.2-STABLE? Or does it require too => > much => > changes to the way you interface with the card? => => The changes are rather streightforward. The card interface is essentially => identical. The difficulty arises from the close ties /dev/dpt has to the => HAS work I am working on. Even worse is the certification process. Before => I will release this code, I need to spend several weeks in regression => testing. I simply do not have the time right now. There is pressure to => move the DPT driver to CAM, and to continue with the HAS work. So going CAM on 2.2-STABLE would be our direction in future as well?? --WjW -- Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2 393 393, data: +31-40-2 606 606 P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. Call now, and login as 'new'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message