Re: HighPoint RocketRAID 1820 Driver

From: Magnus Carlebjork <magnus_at_carlebjork.se>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:19:22 +0200 (CEST)
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Søren Schmidt wrote:

> Magnus Carlebjörk wrote:
>> Hi. Are there any plans to import the source code for the highpoint 1820?
>> 
>> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/BIOS%20%2B%20Driver/rr1820/FreeBSD/rr182x-bsd-openbuild-v101.tgz 
>> 
>> Quoting from the readme.txt in the driver source:
>> 
>> "THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS FREE SOURCE CODE"
>> 
>> Wouldn't it be nice to have a native driver?
>
> Well it would be if it had source code with it. All the interesting bits are 
> in a binary .o file.

Ah, I see, they do a 'cp -f raid.obj raid.o'. Interesting ;)

> That said, I'm close to finishing support for the Marvell chip used in that 
> controller as part of the ATA driver, so native support will happen when I 
> get time to get it finished and out the door :)

Thank you for replying, I look forward to trying the driver once it is finished!

Regards,
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