From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Douglas Gilbert Subject: Re: [PATCH] aic94xx: convert to request_firmware interface Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:43:50 -0400 Message-ID: <44F35586.1040505@torque.net> References: <1156733286.3460.26.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1156736843.3460.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <44F2E6F2.2090706@torque.net> <1156773918.3465.7.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Reply-To: dougg@torque.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:47068 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751508AbWH1Un4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:43:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1156773918.3465.7.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: linux-scsi James Bottomley wrote: > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 08:52 -0400, Douglas Gilbert wrote: >> I presume that is a version of the infamous "razor" >> code. How do I know which version it is (before trying >> it)? > > Well ... same way you do any binary blob with version text in it ... use > strings. James, What I'm angling at is a firmware file name like: aic94xx-seq_10c6.req and the driver attempts to read: aic94xx-seq*.req If there a multiple matches then it takes the one with the most recent date (reporting this in syslog). For the benefit of others: in my experience the stability of my adaptec 48300 SAS HBA is somewhat related to the firmware level it is running (both the card BIOS and when the linux driver has taken over). Doug Gilbert