Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:31:49 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Vallo Kallaste <kalts@estpak.ee> Cc: thrawn@linux.nu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM ServRAID 3L controller support under FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020703203149.A35629@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020703134455.GA14089@myhakas.estpak.ee>; from kalts@estpak.ee on Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 04:44:55PM %2B0300 References: <20020703112152.A1210@thrawn.birch.se> <20020703101035.17168.qmail@web14101.mail.yahoo.com> <20020703123125.A1428@thrawn.birch.se> <20020703110514.GA13385@myhakas.estpak.ee> <20020703142433.A1632@thrawn.birch.se> <20020703134455.GA14089@myhakas.estpak.ee>
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On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 16:44:55 +0300, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:24:33PM +0200, thrawn@linux.nu wrote: > > > > The chip doesn't matter, it's the powerpc or i960 processor which > > > does the work and the driver will communicate with. If I remember > > > Mike Smith said ages ago that he can do the driver as paid work. So > > > far nobody has been interested enough and there's no driver for IBM > > > ServeRAID line. > > > > Well I guess I better replace it then, are you absolutly sure about this? > > > > Forgive me if Im paranoid... :) > > Yes I am sure. IBM owns Mylex and FreeBSD has driver for their RAID > cards, so it's the logical replacement.. in hopes the Mylex cards > are absolutely compliant with IBM PC-server offerings. But IBM > announced plans for shutting down the Mylex division, so I'm not > sure what will be the best replacement wrt. compliance and > performance. For what it's worth, Adaptec bough IBM's ServeRAID division a couple of months ago. Here's the press release, although it isn't terribly clear: http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/company/pressrelease.html?sess=no&pressCat=%2fCorporate+Announcements%2fEarnings+Releases+and+Financials&prodkey=03272002&cat=/Company/Press%20Room Now that Adaptec owns the ServeRAID technology, things might change with respect to driver availability. (Can't promise anything, of course.) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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