From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: HEADS UP for QLA2100 users Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 23:58:01 +0100 Message-ID: <20060204225801.GD4528@stusta.de> References: <20051024014838.0dd491bb.akpm@osdl.org> <1130186927.6831.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051024141646.6265c0da.akpm@osdl.org> <20051027152637.GC7889@plap.qlogic.org> <20051027190227.GA16211@infradead.org> <20051027215313.GB7889@plap.qlogic.org> <20051028225155.GA13958@infradead.org> <20051028230303.GI15018@plap.qlogic.org> <1130542543.23729.160.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:6152 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932576AbWBDW6D (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 17:58:03 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1130542543.23729.160.camel@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Badari Pulavarty Cc: Andrew Vasquez , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , lkml , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 04:35:43PM -0700, Badari Pulavarty wrote: > On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 16:03 -0700, Andrew Vasquez wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 02:53:13PM -0700, Andrew Vasquez wrote: > > > > > > > I'm still in the process of ironing out the .bin distribution details > > > > locally, but perhaps once we migrate to firmware-loading exclusively > > > > via request_firmware(), the (small?) contigent of 2100 could use the > > > > EF variant I referenced above. > > > > > > You know, I'm in favour of getting firmware images in the kernel image, > > > but what's the problem of simply downgrading the 2100 firmware until > > > we get rid of the builtin firmware for all qla2xxx variants? > > > > I have no problems with submitting 1.17.38 EF for inclusion upstream. > > My only hope is that for the (other) 2100 user out there that use the > > latest 2100 firmware and are not experiencing problems, the downgrade > > does not break anything. > > > > That's another reason I posed the following question: > > > > > > Could I get another informal count of 2100 users who are still having > > > > problems with qla2xxx? > > > > Perhaps I should also ask: > > > > Who's running 2100 cards with the latest qla2xxx driver and > > are experiencing no problems? > > Hmm.. I thought qla2xxx driver doesn't like qla2100. I had troubles > getting my qla2100 cards to work with qal2xxx (9 months ago) and > gave up and using only qla2200 and qla2300 card. > > Is there a point in me going back and trying qla2100 ? (Ofcourse, > I need to locate those cards). Now that in 2.6.16-rc the recommended method for firmware loading in qla2xxx is to load it from userspace, the firmware version problems should have become non-issues. If ypu have hardware that works in 2.6.16-rc2 with the qlogicfc driver but not with the qal2xxx driver, a bug report would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Badari cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed