From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 1 14:30:22 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 0C49416A4DE; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:30:22 +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 1F89843D70; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 14:30:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C87291B06; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:57 -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 10814-07; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:30:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-179-167.eastlink.ca [24.224.179.167]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE5D291B05; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id D0C315C5CB; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:30:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFD3E5C4F0; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:30:06 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:30:06 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd To: Christian Brueffer In-Reply-To: <20060801075933.GA1938@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Message-ID: <20060801112758.X27679@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060731224403.T27679@ganymede.hub.org> <20060801075933.GA1938@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.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 14:30:22 -0000 On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Christian Brueffer wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:49:27PM -0300, User Freebsd wrote: >> >> I have a remote server, running the above RAID controller, that, as most >> ppl here have seen over the past few weeks, is causing endless headaches >> ... >> >> 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 ... >> >> So, can anyone recommend a card to replace this with? Its a remote >> server, so I'm looking for something that will be plug-n-play, same slot >> that the GDT is in ... I realize that I'll have to reformat the server >> afterwards ... >> > > I contacted Achim Leubner not long ago, about wheather he still > maintains and supports the iir(4) driver, as claimed in the SEE ALSO > section of the manpage. His answer was yes. I email'd him several weeks back, as soon as it was determined that the problem I've been experiencing with the deadlocks looked to be iir related, and didn't hear anything back :( ---- 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