On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 11:04:01AM +0000, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > - AIC-6915 supports Rx/Tx checksum offload as well as hardware VLAN > > tag insertion/stripping if firmware is loaded into frame > > processor. Unfortunately the firmware is not available under BSD > > license so these additional hardware accelerations are not > > available yet on FreeBSD. :-( > > > > I think I might still have one of these cards lying around, though free > time, as always, is scant. > > Have you tried contacting Adaptec about the licensing issue? These cards > are several years old, it seems to me they should be willing to license > the firmware. > I tried to contact the vendor to get e-mail support but I couldn't find who is responsible for this issue. The vendor's website requires a TSID(Technical Support Identification) number which is not available to me. Linux seems to have GPL v2 licensed firmware from Adaptec. > cheers > BMS -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeonReceived on Thu Jan 03 2008 - 10:39:04 UTC
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