Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 22:32:35 +0200 From: thrawn@linux.nu To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM ServRAID 3L controller support under FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020704223235.B709@dasboot.birch.se> In-Reply-To: <20020703203149.A35629@panzer.kdm.org>; from ken@kdm.org on Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:31:49PM -0600 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> <20020703203149.A35629@panzer.kdm.org>
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Hi, for the 2^10 time... On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 08:31:49PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > 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. No sh1t? I didn't know that ( this is not a diss! ) Thanks for the info, That is strange that I havent heard of it, yet. > 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 I will check it out... > Now that Adaptec owns the ServeRAID technology, things might change with > respect to driver availability. You can't be sure. > (Can't promise anything, of course.) No you are not the CEO of Adaptec... yet. > Ken > -- > Kenneth Merry > ken@kdm.org Thanks Mvh Mattias Björk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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