From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 18:08:48 2003 Return-Path: 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 BAE7516A4CE for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:08:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 923E343FE3 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:08:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from runaround.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA19582; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:08:38 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119190516.049a66d0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:08:36 -0700 To: Mark Linimon From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 4.9-RELEASE work with 3Ware RAID card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 02:08:48 -0000 At 06:41 PM 11/19/2003, Mark Linimon wrote: >> I'm not sure I can afford to do that. > >Well, I mean ... this seems to be a common thread in some of >your past postings to the list. > >In your shoes, honestly, what I would do is hire someone from >our consultants list and pay them for a support contract. That wouldn't help; they wouldn't be able to do a test any faster than I could. What DOES help is having the list handy so that we can ask one another about our experiences. >IMHO that's the only way you're going to be able to rely on >getting authoritative responses in a fixed time-period, i.e. >quickly enough for you to be able to make your necessary business >decisions. Asking for volunteer labor to do QA and regression >testing on a fixed schedule, when you're not in the position >to do those tasks themselves, is merely going to frustrate everyone, >including yourself, in the long run. That's not what I'm asking for, of course. I'm asking to hear if anyone has already had experience with the hardware and software in question. It's mutually beneficial to everyone in the community if this information is shared widely. --Brett