On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Josh Fishman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We're considering buying a RAID controller from DPT. The techie we
> spoke with there says they will be releasing a Linux driver on Monday
> for the V series (their new controllers). Does anyone here have
> experience with this driver? (beta test or what have you.)
>
> Are their drivers typically Open Source(R)? All I've heard about them
> in the past has been pretty good.
DPT has never released a driver for Linux before. The previous DPT
driver was written by a 3rd party.
> Does anyone have a reason why we might hesitate in purchasing one
> of these controllers?
I'm personally alarmed that the eata-dma driver in Linux 2.2.x seems to
have rotted so badly, that it doesn't work the last time I checked. Don't
know whether it has been fixed, or whether it will be fixed.
> Thank you,
> Josh Fishman
> NYU / RLab
>
>
Tom
