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Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 01:50:04 -0600
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Subject: Re: ServeRAID driver now in the tree
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Toni Viemero wrote:
> Scott Long wrote:
> 
> 
>>At long last, there is support for the IBM ServeRAID line of SCSI RAID
>>controllers.  The 'ips' driver can be loaded as a module or compiled
>>into the kernel as noted in /sys/i386/conf/NOTES.  I've only tested
>>this driver with a 4L model and only on ia32 (SMP), so more testing is
>>welcomed and encouraged.
> 
> 
> Does the current.freebsd.org iso images/kernel provide this driver?
> All our machines have only ServeRAID disks, so installing into another
> disk and compiling custom kernel is not an option.
> I'm eager to test this baby out.
> 

Yeah, it should be on any of the builds after the check-in date.  It'll
of course also be on 5.1.

Scott