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Date:      Wed, 29 Jul 1998 19:17:00 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
To:        ulf@Alameda.net
Cc:        gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com, mrcpu@internetcds.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BusTek/BusLogic/Mylex driver
Message-ID:  <199807291717.TAA00766@yedi.iaf.nl>
In-Reply-To: <19980728150135.A14581@Alameda.net> from Ulf Zimmermann at "Jul 28, 98 03:01:35 pm"

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As Ulf Zimmermann wrote...
> On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:17:50PM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> > In article <Pine.NEB.3.95.980727225747.5085B-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> you wrote:
> > > 
> > > Get DPT's or Adaptec's.  Development of the Buslogic line seems to have
> > > died.
> > > 
> > > Given adaptec's new stance towards free OS's, and Mylex's closed-door
> > > policy, I can only imagine that the Adaptec drivers will continue to
> > > improve.
> > 
> > Mylex is hardly closed-door.  I had no problem getting the documentation
> > required to write the FreeBSD-CAM BusLogic driver.  I believe that specs
> > for their RAID controllers are easy to obtain too.  Just look at the
> > Linux DAC960 driver.
> 
> Mylex gave me the documentation for the DAC960 controller and even
> a 3 channel DAC960PJ with 8MB EDO/ECC memory. I am still working on
> learning more about stuff to continue the driver. I have so far
> the detection complete (PCI, which controller version, memory,
> channels, system drives, etc.)

I also have a DAC960 lying here. But I need to build myself a PCI based
test box before I can do anything with it. Short of stuffing in an Alpha
box that is ;-)

Wilko
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