From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 11:39:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF4816A41B for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:39:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00C413C465 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:39:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so10163973waf.3 for ; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:39:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=FsXoDd1UJuJkYiKCTXsoHSsCqHcLakrSXNDiJ1/2mic=; b=eP1QYbZ5fOEYPCup1zmY68Z5U0VpZ+R9SLi/b9CHQX4cBKdBtCBckLMKHFt/g12hTZCIsKJ3TsC5c2x2xns/UUFNTzHRa64yv5J658QdpNlmbabVY74o/Clw/iTrKs3MrRGApGEfi7t/eh9+f6d8jVdAxMhFP6th8P4+DiBemDY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=roPsGy6sLhXi1T87M0PfENOYsgnW0KwbOVUd5EGOMNTFhXgThkWdpPiQ/u9Yey8BhM87ASE6au5mb9bvpX3Y3AQrDfT3JJtrffhA1zlNjpsHGtz+a9UgI3U7R/hVVSz1HLavt7yuFxPhxDBcvT8Ky6maa32l4Pq4dxvhYXMxmIA= Received: by 10.114.25.3 with SMTP id 3mr17114013way.22.1199360343484; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:39:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m40sm27830229wag.0.2008.01.03.03.38.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:39:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m03BaQS7033738 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:36:26 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m03BaQ3L033737; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:36:26 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:36:26 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: "Bruce M. Simpson" Message-ID: <20080103113626.GF31644@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <20080102033939.GB27551@cdnetworks.co.kr> <477CC121.1040805@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <477CC121.1040805@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFT: sf(4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:39:04 -0000 On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 11:04:01AM +0000, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > - AIC-6915 supports Rx/Tx checksum offload as well as hardware VLAN > > tag insertion/stripping if firmware is loaded into frame > > processor. Unfortunately the firmware is not available under BSD > > license so these additional hardware accelerations are not > > available yet on FreeBSD. :-( > > > > I think I might still have one of these cards lying around, though free > time, as always, is scant. > > Have you tried contacting Adaptec about the licensing issue? These cards > are several years old, it seems to me they should be willing to license > the firmware. > I tried to contact the vendor to get e-mail support but I couldn't find who is responsible for this issue. The vendor's website requires a TSID(Technical Support Identification) number which is not available to me. Linux seems to have GPL v2 licensed firmware from Adaptec. > cheers > BMS -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon