Subject: Re: DPT support in NetBSD/i386?
To: Andy Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
From: Justin T. Gibbs <gibbs@caspian.plutotech.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/10/1999 12:54:13
>On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
>
>> I'm sure you already know that there was a driver for the DPT SmartRAID III
>> and IV cards in FreeBSD 2.2.x. The SCSI layer in 2.2.x was very similar to
>> NetBSD's SCSI layer. (they were based on the same code) So the driver
>> might be ported without too much effort.
>
>The FreeBSD driver has always worked well for me on everything but old
>EISA machines, but I'm not too fond of the code itself.
Yes, Simon's code is, uh, interesting. I made a go at cleaning it up
for the CAM version of the driver, but it is still far from perfect.
That said, the CAM version may also be of interest from a reference
standpoint. I'll be interested in seeing what you come up with.
--
Justin