Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:42:51 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec AAC raid support Message-ID: <423C9CDB.50709@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200503192137.j2JLbRIK026873@cvs.openbsd.org> References: <200503192137.j2JLbRIK026873@cvs.openbsd.org>
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Theo de Raadt wrote: >>What part of the FreeBSD AAC driver is closed, emcumbered, or otherwise >>non-free? > > > The bits that do management. > > Therefore, the bits that let it do what RAID controllers are meant to do. > > Can you fully operate an aac(4) card -- 100% of it's abilities, on a > FreeBSD machine, without using a binary only tool downloaded from the > Dell web site? > > Are you being obtuse on purpose? > > Why don't you admit it. FreeBSD relies on non-free binary code for > Adaptec raid management. Yes, I admit this. And people thank me all the time for it. > > You can't even put it onto a FreeBSD distribution CD. > > Why do you keep discussing the free stuff, and distracting everyone > from the non-free bits? > > Is it because you used to work for Adaptec? Are you paid to distract > people from the non-free code? No, but you're paranoid and refusing help. Scott
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