Re: iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-04 Thread John-Mark Gurney
Scott Long wrote this message on Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 09:35 -0600: FreeBSD. Making big statements in public that they don't, or that it's not up to ones' standards or hopes, isn't terribly useful or productive. I'd hate for FreeBSD to turn into That Other BSD that publically abuses and

Re: iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-02 Thread Patrick M. Hausen
Hi, Scott! Ok guys, time for a small breather here. All these claims about EoE and orphanage and whatnot are a bit premature and underinformed. I only stated that according to ICP Vortex Germany the GDT products are EOE and ICP Vortex will not provide an updated driver for FreeBSD. Nothing

iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-01 Thread User Freebsd
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Patrick M. Hausen wrote: Hello! On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 09:51:59AM +0200, Patrick M. Hausen wrote: That's really really bad news. Oddly, ICP Vortex Germany told me the opposite wr/t to their new line of cards. They said, they were working on full FreeBSD support. I'll

Re: iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-01 Thread Patrick M. Hausen
Hello! 'k, just to clarify here ... the new products won't be based on the iir(4) driver then? Yes, they won't. Basically, should the iir(4) driver be considered EOE also? As far as Adaptec and ICP Vortex are concerned, yes. Since the driver is Open Source, there is no enforced EOE, just

Re: iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-01 Thread Scott Long
Ok guys, time for a small breather here. All these claims about EoE and orphanage and whatnot are a bit premature and underinformed. First, the iir driver is being worked on when the need arises. Several bugs were fixed in it a few months ago, and until Mark's recent series of mails on it, no

Re: iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-01 Thread User Freebsd
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Scott Long wrote: Ok guys, time for a small breather here. All these claims about EoE and orphanage and whatnot are a bit premature and underinformed. First, the iir driver is being worked on when the need arises. Several bugs were fixed in it a few months ago, and until

Re: iir(4) driver (Was: Re: Safe card to replace for ICP Vortex GDT851...)

2006-08-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Scott Long wrote: Second, various Adaptec sources have confirmed that they do support FreeBSD. There are new drivers for the 22300SLP for example (though one person replied to me privately and said they crash all the time). However, what they claim as support