From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Janusz Krzysztofik Subject: Re: [patch 18/24] megaraid: Dell CERC ATA100/4ch support Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:58:42 +0200 Message-ID: <453F6D92.8070504@tis.icnet.pl> References: <890BF3111FB9484E9526987D912B261932E3A0@NAMAIL3.ad.lsil.com> <451AA5DF.7000403@tis.icnet.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from d1.icnet.pl ([212.160.220.21]:61335 "EHLO d1.icnet.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030438AbWJYN6V (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:58:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <451AA5DF.7000403@tis.icnet.pl> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Ju, Seokmann" Cc: akpm@osdl.org, James.Bottomley@steeleye.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, 395174@bugs.debian.org, 374792@bugs.debian.org, 369378@bugs.debian.org Hi Seokmann, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote: > Ju, Seokmann wrote: >> Technically, I would recommend you to check F/W version and make sure >> it is not higher than 6.61. >> I believe the problem happens with 6.62 or higher. > > Bingo! megaraid_mbox works for me with F/W 6.61. How did you know? Then, akpm@osdl.org wrote: > The patch titled > > magaraid: check for firmware version > > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > > megaraid-check-for-firmware-version.patch But "stephane matis" wrote: > Unfortunately, FW 6.61 doesn't seem to support disks capacity over > 128G, a condition I noted after downgrading from 6.67. I confirmed > the same behavior with two brands of 200G disks. So the patch does not really solve the problem and probably should be removed from the -mm tree. However, Ju, Seokmann wrote: > Janusz Krzysztofik wrote: >> Will you accept a patch that limits PCI IDs with VID=101E, DID=1960 and >> SSVID=1028 in the new driver to exactly three models specified in its >> source file comments and, on the other hand, adds PCI ID of Dell CERC >> ATA100/4ch to the old driver? > I've forwarded your request to program management team. But, I don't think it will be accepted. So I ask the question again: could a patch like described above be accepted until the problem with F/W >6.61 is solved in the new megaraid_mbox driver? Cheers, Janusz