From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 15 15:36:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from stratos.net (pm3-12-21.stratos.net [207.86.134.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C581714D30 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:36:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drifter@stratos.net) Received: (from drifter@localhost) by stratos.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id SAA60872; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:37:49 GMT (envelope-from drifter) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 18:37:49 +0000 From: Rob To: W Gerald Hicks Cc: Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (removed by request) Message-ID: <19990415183749.A60815@stratos.net> References: <4.2.0.32.19990414132231.009b6f10@localhost> <199904150304.XAA06097@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199904150304.XAA06097@bellsouth.net>; from W Gerald Hicks on Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 11:04:16PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 11:04:16PM -0400, W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > RAID would be nice, but how about support for older Adaptec controllers? > > I've watched several people go to Linux in the past WEEK because FreeBSD > > has dropped support for this perfectly good older hardware. > > I suppose that you are referring to the AIC6360 controllers? They > were an unfortunate casualty of the CAM progress and there is some > ongoing work towards getting them revived. The older driver seems > to have a few problems anyway, so the loss doesn't seem that great > to me (and I *really* need that driver). > > No way _I'm_ switching to Linux because of this relatively minor > inconvenience. We'll just use 2.2.8-STABLE on those boxes for > now -- *shrug* Maybe more than a "minor" inconvenience. I have had the same problem (a perfectly good AHA1520B) and I wanted to upgrade to 3.1 to keep up with the latest -RELEASE. Since FreeBSD is, well free, I kept my whining to a minimum. But I did seriously consider switching to Linux myself, but fortunately I got a hold of a 3.1 GB IDE hard disk that I use for 3.1. I just can't access my 2.1 GB SCSI hard drive, ZIP drive, or tape with 3.1. I haven't a chance in hell in understanding enough about hardware or programming to try to write my own driver. In any case, like I said, it is free so I'm not complaining. I just don't personally care for the self-righteous "This hardware SUX, so screw it!" (and damn the fact that others invested money into it) attitude that I sometimes see from some people. > > I've been trying to convince a customer to pay Justin for the work > to implement a new driver. Since they have a vested interest in the > matter, this might happen. Those controllers are used extensively > in the embedded STD-32 world. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message