From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 09:16:10 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 A716F16A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:16:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942B343F93 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:16:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.homeunix.net (66-91-236-204.san.rr.com [66.91.236.204]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC8D7301C; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:15:15 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr To: Brett Glass , Mark Linimon Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:16:08 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost> <6.0.0.22.2.20031119190516.049a66d0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119190516.049a66d0@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311200916.08563.wes@softweyr.com> 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 17:16:10 -0000 On Wednesday 19 November 2003 06:08 pm, Brett Glass wrote: > At 06:41 PM 11/19/2003, Mark Linimon wrote: > > >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. Yes, and the mail list archives and FAQs help there, but somebody at some point has to be the pioneer. Living in Wyoming, I'm certain you've seen lots of pictures of pioneers, right? They're easy to identify; they're the people with arrows sticking out of their backs. ;^) -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com