Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:35:20 -0700 From: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec AAC raid support Message-ID: <200503192035.j2JKZKOM018459@cvs.openbsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:29:36 MST." <423C8BB0.90504@samsco.org>
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> It's not a binary driver, it's a 2-clause BSD licensed driver that > contains full source. You said that the OpenBSD driver is unstable, > so I offered to help. That has nothing to do with binary apps. > Deleting it from the OpenBSD tree is always an option, of course. The driver is free, but the tool is a binary. The interface "tunnel" is coded in the driver, so that the "closed binary" tool can talk through to the card. The messages exchanged are not documented, either. Same thing. You are saying There are open bits and I am saying There are closed bits This whole thing is about the closed bits, not about the open bits. Why do you keep apologizing for Adaptec, and attacking our efforts?
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