ICP driver with FreeBSD 4.x ...

[Marc G. Fournier]

I've been trying to get icpcon available at 
http://www.vortex.de/english/download/rz_neu/freebsd/frbsd_e.htm to work 
on my 4.x-STABLE server ... after talking to the techs, I've been told 
that I have to install the driver available on that web page, since the 
one in 4.x is outdated ...

And it very much is:

diff -r /sys/dev/iir/iir.c iir/iir.c
3c3,5
<  *       Copyright (c) 2000-01 Intel Corporation
---
>  *       Copyright (c) 2000-04 ICP vortex GmbH
>  *       Copyright (c) 2002-04 Intel Corporation
>  *       Copyright (c) 2003-04 Adaptec Inc.

I realized that 4.x was ancient, just didn't realize that it was *that* 
ancient ...

Can someone comment on the safety of upgrading that driver to the one that 
they have on their web site on a live server?  Are there any 
ramifications, or risks, with doing this?

According to their web site, it was tested on 4.9 ...

Comments / Opinions?

Thanks ...

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Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
Email: scrappy at hub.org           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664