From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
Cc: Leigh Blackwell <leigh@codacommerce.com>,
374792@bugs.debian.org, akpm@osdl.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, sumant.patro@lsil.com,
Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Subject: Re: Dell CERC ATA100/4ch support
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:50:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4653032F.5000406@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1179327908.3787.29.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>
James Bottomley wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 14:36 +0100, Leigh Blackwell wrote:
>> I have been looking at the issue with theses cerc devices, has this
>> bug 374792 been closed based on people reverting the firmware to < 6.61.
>>
>> Unfortunately Dell doesn't support a Firmware version that old on our
>> Server, is it possible to re-open this bug? I have been unable to get the
>> current etch install to recognize my driver controller with any of the
>> megaraid drivers.
>
> Umm, but this is a bug in Dell Support isn't it? I don't think there's
> a kernel fix for that.
>
> LSIs position is that in current kernels they only support this device
> with the new megaraid driver and only for firmware version >= 6.61.
> Surely you just need to get Dell and LSI on the same page?
>
Provided they have an interest in doing so.
Dell for one is _not_ interested in supplying an updated firmware.
So we're stuck.
Cheers,
Hannes
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-22 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-16 13:36 Bug#374792: Dell CERC ATA100/4ch support Leigh Blackwell
2007-05-16 15:05 ` James Bottomley
2007-05-16 15:38 ` Leigh Blackwell
2007-05-22 14:50 ` Hannes Reinecke [this message]
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