Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 16:51:49 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Damon Permezel <dap@damon.com> Cc: Lauri Laupmaa <mauri@inspiral.net>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec F950 fibre channel support ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102231650230.25006-100000@zeppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <20010223184614.M21598@fubar.damon.com>
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Damon Permezel wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 04:31:15PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > None at present except some reported DPT support which I've never seen in > > actuality. > > > > The F950 never shipped (I have one). That chipset is now owned by JNI (aka > > 'emerald'). > > > > I have plans to get to 'RSN' the LSI-Logic chipset. I have no aggressive plans > > to to try and cope with JNI (either Tachyon based or with Emerald). > > > > I have some interest in Emulex. However- Emulex (and JNI) has no interest in > > FreeBSD- and barely some interest in Linux. If you can convince Emulex or JNI > > to be more open with their specs and you can get them to cough up the h/w, I > > can probably get some funding to work on this. > > > > I have been offering Emulex for years now to do a free version > of the driver for FreeBSD if they would allow me to use the > info in the specs I have, and make the code available (plus > some small hardware investment on their part). > > I think they always thought I wanted to use their source base, > and they never really understood why I would not want to do so, > so could not get their heads around the idea that I would write it > from scratch. Qlogic is the same way. It takes a while to convince them that you *can* sign an NDA for their documents as long as it's clear what you can or cannot release in terms of an open source driver. > > The Tachyon is a fun chip, but buggy as all hell. I'd much prefer > to write one for emulex.... > Well- yes. If you get Emulex or anyone to bust loose efforts- let's be sure to coordinate. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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