kern/153006: [tws] [request] add 3Ware tws driver

[Christopher J. Umina]

>Number:         153006
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [tws] [request] add 3Ware tws driver
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 10 22:00:23 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christopher J. Umina
>Release:        8.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD localhost.my.domain 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:36:49 UTC 2010     root at mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
>Description:
The tws driver is not currently in the source tree.  The driver source, however, is on LSI's web site and appears to be BSD licensed.
>How-To-Repeat:
I noticed this when trying to make use of a 3Ware 9750-8e device.
>Fix:
The driver is available at the following location in both binary and source formats for specific versions of FreeBSD, including 8.1-RELEASE: 

http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/raid_controllers/3ware_9750-8e/index.html

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