From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:09:20 +0000 Message-ID: <20050320090920.GA12000@infradead.org> References: <60807403EABEB443939A5A7AA8A7458BE5B303@otce2k01.adaptec.com> <1111009971.17676.33.camel@markh1.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:48094 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262005AbVCTJJZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2005 04:09:25 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1111009971.17676.33.camel@markh1.pdx.osdl.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Haverkamp Cc: Mark Salyzyn , Christoph Hellwig , Ross Macintyre , linux-scsi On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 01:52:51PM -0800, Mark Haverkamp wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 08:02 -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > > The applications require the Adaptec Branch of the driver in order to > > function (mainly because the kernel.org branch drops the > > /proc/scsi/aacraid entry). I have submitted a patch to Mark Haverkamp > > for consideration where we add the information back to the /sys > > filesystem, and the /proc filesystem (with CONFIG_PROC_FS defined) that > > will help re-enable the applications. > > The proc info code was removed almost two years ago. I assume that it > was removed because of the move away from using /proc and towards > using /sys. Christoph, is that the reason for its removal? Yes. Note that aacraid never had a non-trivial proc_info handler in mainline. > > > Mark. > > > > > There is also a Public GPL daemon, aeventd, that provides event services > > that you may consider. > > > > I will provide the sources for both under separate cover. > > > > Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org > > [mailto:linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Ross Macintyre > > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:20 AM > > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 > > > > Could someone possibly help? > > > > I have upgraded a machine from RedHat 8.0 to FC2 and the > > adaptec-browser1 and adaptec-smbe software that I installed is not > > working > > properly. It looks ok at first glance but if I pull a disk out I only > > get > > informed of the 'informational' type messages. > > (Also the browser interface to the RAID doesn't notice that the disk has > > been pulled) > > > > These are the RPMs that I installed from adaptec: > > adaptec-browser-1.2b-2 > > adaptec-smbe-1.01.005-0 > > > > and I am running this kernel: 2.6.8-1.521smp > > > > Note the mail part works ok and I do get informational messages when I > > use > > the browser interface and I tell it to rescan, (the array is rebuilt > > ok), > > but after the disk is pulled, from the browser interface it still shows > > the disk as being there, and it is only when I tell it to rescan that it > > starts sending out the informational messages and rebuilds. > > The messages are logged to /var/log/messages but it seems that anotifyd > > is > > not picking them up. > > > > Maybe I just need to upgrade the firmware and put on the latest RPMs? > > I think I am at firmware revision 7244. > > > > I have attached the anotify.conf file. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Ross > > > -- > Mark Haverkamp > ---end quoted text---