Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 12:09:17 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Bartol <bartol@salk.edu> To: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT in GENERIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310120630.2181E-100000@dale.salk.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980310110747.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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If a vote would help, I would vote in favor of this as I am getting ready to purchase a large server machine and I plan to use the DPT controller for RAID. It would be nice to be able to have a GENERIC kernel that I can count on reliably booting the machine during installation and in case of emergency. Tom On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > Is there any objection for the DPT driver being added to the GENERIC kernel > configuration and thus being available on the standard boot floppy? > > ``I do not know what/do not have a DPT controller'' is not a valid > objection. > > The DPT driver allows FreeBSD users the use of a family of SCSI RAID > controllers which are typically used in high end servers. For details > on the DPT hardware, see http://www.dpt.com. For information about the > driver, see http://simon-shapiro.org. > > If no one voices a valid objection, I am goingto ask for the change to be > comitted. The driver itself is in the 2.0-current source tree for over a > month now. the 2.2 equivalent is in final testing after vaving been > comitted last week. > > ---------- > > > Sincerely Yours, > > Simon Shapiro > Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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