Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:22:18 -0700 From: "EAZNet - Eddie Fry" <eddie@eaznet.com> To: "'Doug White'" <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller Message-ID: <20050225191121.226F1106DA3@mail.eaznet.com> In-Reply-To: <20050223102458.D7804@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Doug/others, I have gotten information provided by Supermicro regarding the Marvell drivers. If anyone would like a copy, let me know and I'll send them off-list. I'm still waiting for some more info back from Marvell. Eddie -----Original Message----- From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com]=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:30 AM To: EAZNet - Eddie Fry Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Supermicro P4SCT+ Marvell 88SX504 controller On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, EAZNet - Eddie Fry wrote: > 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. NDAs are usually fatal for open-source projects, since they disallow releasing code written using the specification. If Marvell is willing = to construct the NDA so the driver can be BSD licensed then we might have something to work with. > > Eddie Fry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com] > 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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