Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-11-10 Thread Matthew Jacob
> On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:21:18 -0800 (PST) > Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ...especially considering that a fair number of previously happy > > > Qlogic ISP users now have completely useless boards. > > > > No, that's not correct either. Here's an editted copy of what I

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-03 Thread Matthew Jacob
> > Jason tells me you have my card which exhibited exactly this symptom with > a pc164 two years ago, though it worked in an x86 box. > Isn't that the the one now without a BIOS? That's the old 1020 PCI card, which Qlogic made maybe < 500? It's the only one I have. Did you want it back? -matt

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Thor Lancelot Simon
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 05:48:36PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:21:18 -0800 (PST) > > Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > ...especially considering that a fair number of previously happy > > > > Qlogic ISP

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Matthew Jacob
> Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > >What gives? Why wasn't this committed to the NetBSD and FreeBSD trees, > > >too? I mean, it's not like the version in the NetBSD tree works anymore > > >since you removed the firmware (on-board firmware on most of the adapters > > >I have is way too old, for exa

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Sergey Babkin
Matthew Jacob wrote: > > >What gives? Why wasn't this committed to the NetBSD and FreeBSD trees, > >too? I mean, it's not like the version in the NetBSD tree works anymore > >since you removed the firmware (on-board firmware on most of the adapters > >I have is way too old, for example). > > >

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Matthew Jacob
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:21:18 -0800 (PST) > Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ...especially considering that a fair number of previously happy > > > Qlogic ISP users now have completely useless boards. > > > > No, that's not correct e

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Jason Thorpe
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:21:18 -0800 (PST) Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...especially considering that a fair number of previously happy > > Qlogic ISP users now have completely useless boards. > > No, that's not correct either. Here's an editted copy of what I sent to Well,

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Matthew Jacob
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote: > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:57:24 -0800 > Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Because what I did was wrong. It should also be removed from OpenBSD. > > I've had extensive discussions with Theo about this, and the f/w will > > probably be remove

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Wilko Bulte
As Matthew Jacob wrote ... I'm not laughing, I think it is a bit sad. I *do* have the Emulex docs available thru my employer. But I can't really use them... Wilko > Well, don't laugh too hard, but so does Qlogic in a sense. I've just recently > had to remove their f/w from the NetBSD and FreeB

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Jason Thorpe
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:57:24 -0800 Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because what I did was wrong. It should also be removed from OpenBSD. > I've had extensive discussions with Theo about this, and the f/w will > probably be removed from OpenBSD as soon as the tree unlocks post 2.6.

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Matthew Jacob
>What gives? Why wasn't this committed to the NetBSD and FreeBSD trees, >too? I mean, it's not like the version in the NetBSD tree works anymore >since you removed the firmware (on-board firmware on most of the adapters >I have is way too old, for example). > >Any reason NetBSD and FreeBSD don't

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Jason Thorpe
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:44:34 -0800 (PST) Matthew Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, don't laugh too hard, but so does Qlogic in a sense. I've just recently > had to remove their f/w from the NetBSD and FreeBSD CVS repositories because > the copyright was not so good. And in order to get

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Matthew Jacob
Well, don't laugh too hard, but so does Qlogic in a sense. I've just recently had to remove their f/w from the NetBSD and FreeBSD CVS repositories because the copyright was not so good. And in order to get the technical manuals that describe the f/w interface you have to sign an NDA. On Thu, 4

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Wilko Bulte
As Matthew Jacob wrote ... What does not help is that Emulex consider's their hardware / software interface a trade secret. Meaning NDAs etc. At least this is the last thing I heared. Wilko > We support the Qlogic 2100/2200 cards currently for both private loop and > fabrics. The emulex card i

Re: FreeBSD FibreChannel support

1999-01-02 Thread Matthew Jacob
Hi- Yes- it was a fun though short lunch. We support the Qlogic 2100/2200 cards currently for both private loop and fabrics. The emulex card is popular, but nobody's written a driver for it for FreeBSD. On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > Matt, > > Thank you for lunch a