At 04:49 AM 2/25/99 , Søren Schmidt wrote:
>It seems Mike Tancsa wrote:
>> On 24 Feb 1999 18:39:36 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.current you wrote:
>> >
>> >Hmm, which suggests that I need to leave the "do it by hand" code in
>> >there and recommend removing the BIOS :(
>> 
>> Are there any plans to support the Promise Fast Trak IDE RAID controller ?
>
>Well, sortof, the FastTrak is AFAIK the exact same HW as the Ultra33, just
>with a more "advanced" BIOS that does the RAID stuff. The current planned
>support is to use it just as a Ultra33 controller, and then use ccd to
>do the RAID magic under FreeBSD.

Interesting.  So the BIOS doesnt actually do the RAID work ? It still needs
to be done in software ?

        ---Mike
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