From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 14:27:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B1616A4DA; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:27:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A53E043D4C; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:27:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A39F5291B02; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10814-06; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-179-167.eastlink.ca [24.224.179.167]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03167291AFC; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id 310FB5C1DF; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 295394AA8B; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:13 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:27:13 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd To: "Patrick M. Hausen" In-Reply-To: <20060801075159.GD64880@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> Message-ID: <20060801112116.J27679@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060731224403.T27679@ganymede.hub.org> <20060801075159.GD64880@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT8514RZ ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:27:10 -0000 On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Patrick M. Hausen wrote: > Hi! > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:49:27PM -0300, User Freebsd wrote: > >> Official word from Adaptec is that FreeBSD is no longer a supported >> platform, so, I either live with the deadlocks, or try and figure out a >> suitable replacement for the card ... > > That's really really bad news. Oddly, ICP Vortex Germany told me > the opposite wr/t to their new line of cards. They said, they > were working on full FreeBSD support. Great, that definitely wasn't the feel that I got from them ... I've been using Adaptec products since early 90's, mainly because they have always been the 'tried-n-true' product ... As I mentioned to someone else, I'm willing to endure having the server hang up a few times in order to debug the problem, and fix the driver, but any correspondance that I actually got answers back on gave me the feel that I was on my own ... my previous email to this was meant to warn others to think twice, especially with newer FreeBSD boxes, about going with anything that runs on the iir(4) driver ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664