Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:38:29 -0500 | From | C Shore <> | Subject | Free Hardware: Compaq RA4100 with drives, and Compaq 64-bit PCI 66 MHz Fibre Channel Card |
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I have a compaq ra4100 RAID rack mount enclosure with 6 18.2 GB 7200 rpm drives, a compaq 64-bit pci 66 MHz fibre channel card, and a fibre channel cable. These work with NT, but sadly are not supported in recent 2.4 kernels (older than 2.4.19 apparently works, but I've not used that old a kernel) or 2.6 kernel. The driver that hp made open source is called cpqfc, but fails to work.
I'd like to support kernel development, and I don't know anything about driver programming in linux, or the fibre channel protocol, and while I feel confident I could learn the necessary skills to update the driver (or preferably split the driver up so the ra4100 could be used with fibre channel cards other than the compaq one), I have other projects that are higher priority for me. Therefore, if you mail me off-list, and can provide some verifiable bona fides, and indicate that you will work on making this hardware work with a modern kernel, I will ship the hardware to you for free (to most of Canada, and continental US; the beast is *heavy* and that will be expensive enough).
I do require some sort of proof that you're not just planning on taking the drives. An email saying 'please send the drives, I will work on a driver' is therefore insufficient; include references please.
I am not subscribed, so any mail on this subject should be sent directly to me, or at least cc'd.
Thanks,
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