Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:38:47 -0700 From: "EAZNet - Eddie Fry" <eddie@eaznet.com> To: "'Doug White'" <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller Message-ID: <20050222232755.2AA98106EEC@mail.eaznet.com> In-Reply-To: <20050222151428.J98461@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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I just talked to Peter at Marvell (I can't pronounce his last name let = alone know how to spell it). He is going to check on getting us the = information we need to move forward with the project. If I have any luck, whom = should I forward the doc's to? Apparently, there is an NDA and some other = paperwork. Eddie Fry -----Original Message----- From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com]=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:15 PM To: EAZNet - Eddie Fry Subject: RE: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote: > What about going through Supermicro to get what we need? Will they = work > with us to get us what we need from Marvell? Can't hurt to ask. I got the marvell drivers off a link on Abit's site. > > Eddie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:36 AM > To: EAZNet - Eddie Fry > Cc: 'Scott Long'; freebsd-current@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote: > > > Hmmm, that sucks. There are linux drivers. I wonder if there is a = way to > > get the specs from the linux developers. > > I see a vendor driver and an "in progress" marker on the libata status > page. gjarzik appears to be the only "linux developer" who'd know = anything > about the hardware. The vendor driver says: > > * THIS CODE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OF MARVELL. > > which precludes us from reading it to get the necessary details. > > > I'm going to put in a call to both > > Supermicro and Marvell and see if I can round up: > > > > Supermicro: a demo board > > Marvell: specs, references, and code samples > > > > Anything else you'll need to get this rolling? > > > > Eddie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott Long [mailto:scottl@freebsd.org] > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 4:41 PM > > To: EAZNet - Eddie Fry > > Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller > > > > EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote: > > > Soren/others, > > > > > > > > > > > > I=92d like to offer to donate US$100 to getting the Marvell RAID > controller > > > working quickly. I=92d rather see this driver implemented than to = go buy > > > another controller. I=92d 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=85 > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > Eddie Fry > > > > > > EAZNet Internet Services > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org --=20 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005 =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005 =20
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