Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 00:16:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@surf.IAE.nl> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: wjw@IAEhv.nl, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using a DPT controller, pros and cons Message-ID: <199807022216.AAA00878@surf.IAE.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980702181044.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> from Simon Shapiro at "Jul 2, 98 06:10:44 pm"
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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
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