Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:20:00 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Telting <telting@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Non blob frebsd raid 5 drivers... Message-ID: <4A39AC57-C04D-4A6D-871E-DB1A22B7F406@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <44C99C73.5000607@comcast.net> References: <44C99C73.5000607@comcast.net>
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On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Telting wrote: > I just wanted to get it straight. I think I read some post that > said that 3ware actually has and uses commit access to the freebsd > source tree. Can anyone comfirm this for me? > > I currently have a highpoint 2220 controller. I got it because of > the Freebsd support what appeared to be available driver source > code only to be humilitated to discover after the fact that what's > labeled source is a "blob" module, and not source at all. > > Areca is a name I never heard before this list. They appartly > support bsd but, what level of support? Binary Driver, blob, > source, or docs? They appear to have a source driver. /usr/src/sys/dev/arcmsr /usr/src/sys/dev/arcmsr/arcmsr.c /usr/src/sys/dev/arcmsr/arcmsr.h arcmsr is the driver name for areca (man arcmsr) top of the .c file reads: /* ************************************************************************ ****************** ** O.S : FreeBSD ** FILE NAME : arcmsr.c ** BY : Erich Chen ** Description: SCSI RAID Device Driver for ** ARECA (ARC1110/1120/1160/1210/1220/1260) SATA RAID HOST Adapter ** ARCMSR RAID Host adapter[RAID controller:INTEL 331 (PCI-X) 341(PCI-EXPRESS) chip set] ************************************************************************ ****************** ************************************************************************ ** ** Copyright (c) 2004-2006 ARECA Co. Ltd. ** Erich Chen, Taipei Taiwan All rights reserved. ** I have several Areca cards because they support both BSD and Solaris with their drivers and I run both and want my HW to be as versatile as possible... Have not actually run one in BSD yet though that will happen. I have several but none are yet in production, just testing. They do do quite well in reviews and bake-offs against other raid cards. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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