Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 13:20:53 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: saeki@ba2.so-net.ne.jp (Saeki Takashi) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: initio scsi controller Message-ID: <199910301920.NAA17716@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <19991031033617P.saeki@ba2.so-net.ne.jp> from Saeki Takashi at "Oct 31, 1999 03:36:17 am"
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Saeki Takashi wrote... > Hi Thomas, Are you writing the driver for the initio SCSI controller? > But Initio already provides FreeBSD CAM SCSI drivers for the controller > on their WebPage. > > see http://www.initio.com/download.htm#misc > > >> BSD Kernel (9XXX/A100 for BSD) > >> 1.9M (8/1/99) > >> v3.0 > > > This drivers seems to be developed for FreeBSD 3.0, but I can compile it > into FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE, without hitch. > Now I am using I/O EXPRESSWAY INI-9200U Dual Channel PCI-Ultra SCSI I/F, > flawlessly. I'm glad to know it works. You're the first person (at least that I can remember) who I've heard from that has one of these cards. > I do not know why the drivers are not commited into FreeBSD. > Commiters, would you please tell me why? > I would like to see the drivers merged into FreeBSD. There are a couple of reasons: - lack of hardware - time - copyright on one of the drivers The driver for their Ultra-Wide SCSI cards consists of three files. One has a standard BSD-style copyright on it. One has a proprietary copyright on it. The last one has no copyright. We cannot integrate that driver into the tree without getting those two files fixed. Their Ultra 2 driver, on the other hand, has a BSD-style copyright on both files. The first two problems will hopefully be solved by Thomas. As for the last one, I think he is going to try to contact Initio about it. > From: Thomas Graichen <graichen@innominate.de> > Subject: initio scsi controller > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:59:55 +0200 (CEST) > Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910241158030.5555-100000@piano.innominate.local> > > > just to let you know (and to avoid any double efforts) - i am currently > > trying to integrate the initio scsi driver from initio into FreeBSD in > > a way that it can be committed - so if anybody else is doing the same > > please contact me - i will post the status here Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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