From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Chris Haumesser <chris@mail-test.us>
Cc: kallol@nucleodyne.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: promise sx8 sata driver
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:20:41 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42937079.5010905@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42936BB8.3070903@mail-test.us>
Chris Haumesser wrote:
> I don't understand either. The Promise driver (I think this is carmel?)
> found at
> http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productID=125&category=all&os=100#
> seems to be GPL. I haven't tested it extensively yet, but it appears to
> provide scsi device nodes that grub recognizes readily.
>
> Why are there two GPL driver projects for this card, and what is the
> difference? Is there something wrong with promise's driver, or
> inherently superior in the kernel driver? How is one supposed to
> choose? There is very little documentation for either driver, so it is
> quite unclear which is appropriate for a given application.
Promise SX8 is not SCSI, and should not be a SCSI driver.
Jeff
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-24 18:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-23 21:42 promise sx8 sata driver Chris Haumesser
2005-05-23 22:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-05-24 6:16 ` Kallol Biswas
2005-05-24 18:00 ` Chris Haumesser
2005-05-24 18:20 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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