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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:54:07 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net>
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Request for major number for Mylex RAID controller 
Message-ID:  <199804211754.KAA00930@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Apr 1998 10:41:39 PDT." <199804211741.KAA21218@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> 

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> > > I am getting into the phase of a working driver ;-) So I need a major number
> > > for it. Who can assign one ?
> > 
> > Is this like the Mylex RAID controller(s) that the CAM code supports?
> 
> Aehm, if I look into the README of CAM, it talks about the Mylex/Buslogic
> controllers, which are not raid controllers. The DAC-960 is a hardware
> level raid controller with 1 to 5 SCSI channels (5 only on EISA) with an
> Intel i960 CPU.

So "no", right?

I presume that your driver exports a control interface, hence the need 
for a major number, correct?

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