Re: 3w-9xxx status in kernel

[Martin Honermeyer <maze@strahlungsfrei.de>]

Hi,

same problem over here. Why does the newest kernel contain an old version of
the 3w-9xxx driver? 

We are having performance problems using a 9550SX controller. Read
throughput (measured with hdparm) is worse than on a Desktop system. We are
considering trying to replace it with the newest driver from 3ware.com.

Greetz,
Martin


Stéphane Jourdois wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a question about 3w-9xxx driver versions :
> 
> 3w-9xxx version in vanilla 2.6.16 is 2.26.02.005
> 3w-9xxx version in 2.6.17-rc1-mm2 is 2.26.02.006
> 
> but :
> 3w-9xxx version in 3ware.com 9.3.0.3 codebase is 2.26.04.007
> 
> 
> The documentation with 9.3.0.3 codebase says it will not works with
> kernel driver <2.26.04.004. But I observe it works fine with codebase
> 9.3.0.2 (the documentation says it should not).
> 
> What is current status of 3w-9xxx driver in 2.6 ?
> Will it works on a 9550SX using 9.3.0.3 firmware ?
> Could you update documentation about that somewhere, for exemple in
> 3w-9xxx.c header ?
> 
> Thanks very much.
>