[freebsd-amd64] Re: [freebsd-amd64] Possible 3ware 8506-12SATA Controller issues...

[David O'Brien]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 06:34:38PM -0700, mike wrote:
> > If there is something I can hack in to twe_freebsd.c to get it to compile
> > under 5.2.1, I am all ears.
> 
> I myself would love this. I'd pay $250 cash to expedite this fix. Someone
> could work directly with someone at 3ware and get 9500 matured, at
> least... I wonder if I tried -current if my 9500 would work better. Is it
> still based off the 7xxx series driver though?
>
> At this point I've got hardware and software can't handle it. It's sort of
> discouraging, usually it's the opposite. I might pay up to $500 to get
> this going. It's worth it that much to get this damn thing fixed so I can
> send this box back east and get it into production =)

*So* much has been fixed from 5.2.1, which was branched last Fall, in
5-CURRENT (ie, HEAD) WRT AMD64, I don't know why anyone is running 5.2.1
and not 5-CURRENT.

I would definitely put AMD64 5-CURRENT into production vs. 5.2.1.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)