From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 19 20:35:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B406C16A4CE for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:35:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cvs.openbsd.org (cvs.openbsd.org [199.185.137.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6428543D2D for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:35:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org) Received: from cvs.openbsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cvs.openbsd.org (8.13.3/8.12.1) with ESMTP id j2JKZKOM018459; Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:35:20 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200503192035.j2JKZKOM018459@cvs.openbsd.org> To: Scott Long In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:29:36 MST." <423C8BB0.90504@samsco.org> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:35:20 -0700 From: Theo de Raadt cc: Jason Crawford cc: misc@openbsd.org cc: Adam cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec AAC raid support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:35:07 -0000 > It's not a binary driver, it's a 2-clause BSD licensed driver that > contains full source. You said that the OpenBSD driver is unstable, > so I offered to help. That has nothing to do with binary apps. > Deleting it from the OpenBSD tree is always an option, of course. The driver is free, but the tool is a binary. The interface "tunnel" is coded in the driver, so that the "closed binary" tool can talk through to the card. The messages exchanged are not documented, either. Same thing. You are saying There are open bits and I am saying There are closed bits This whole thing is about the closed bits, not about the open bits. Why do you keep apologizing for Adaptec, and attacking our efforts?