Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 16:32:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: tcobb <tcobb@staff.circle.net> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Subject: RE: DPT driver fails and panics with Degraded Array Message-ID: <XFMail.980529163200.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <509A2986E5C5D111B7DD0060082F32A402FACA@freya.circle.net>
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On 29-May-98 tcobb wrote:
>> I guess this is really something you want to discuss with simon.
>> I'm sure he will contact you soon
>> He's just finished moving houes and has been out-of-touch fro
>> a few weeks
>>
>> julian
>
> Yes.
>
> I am going to contact DPT tomorrow about obtaining the NDA-bound specs
> for the board. We have some development talent in-house to commit to
> stabilizing this driver.
>
> Our choices are either:
> a) wait for Simon to stabilize the driver
> b) try to stabilize the driver ourselves, release code back to FreeBSD
> c) scrap FreeBSD on this HA server (Solaris,Linux,NT all have native
> support for DPT)
> d) scrap DPT and use a SCSI-to-SCSI based RAID solution
>
> Given our current committment to DPT and FreeBSD so far, I'd prefer a or
> b above.
>
> I'm not confident of a) happening quickly, as Simon appears to be either
> busy with other projects or relatively unavailable.
Nonsense! You have not contacted me. Your earliest posting was dated
yesterday. You continue to voice opinions and provide no data.
If I tried to aggrqavate someone purposely, I would hardly find a better
way.
Simon
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Sincerely Yours,
Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
770.265.7340
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