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Subject: Re: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller
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EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote:
> Soren/others,
> 
>  
> 
> I’d like to offer to donate US$100 to getting the Marvell RAID controller
> working quickly.  I’d rather see this driver implemented than to go buy
> another controller.  I’d be more than happy to beta the driver.  I need to
> do some testing/configuring on this box before deployment, so testing the
> RAID driver would not be a problem.  However, I am on a timetable…
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> 
> Eddie Fry
> 
> EAZNet Internet Services
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> 

The problem is not with there being no desire to make this hardware 
work, it's that Marvell refuses to provide any specs, references, or 
code samples that could be used to write an open driver.

Scott