RE: [BK-PATCH] 3w-9xxx: proc interface

["Adam Radford" <aradford@amcc.com>]

Rick,

There should be a beta version of 3dm2 & tw_cli that will work with the in-kernel
3w-9xxx driver on the 3ware website sometime this week.  
I'd rather not re-add deprecated interfaces.

-Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Ricky Beam [mailto:jfbeam@bluetronic.net]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:42 AM
To: Christoph Hellwig
Cc: Adam Radford; Linux SCSI List
Subject: Re: [BK-PATCH] 3w-9xxx: proc interface


On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 12:08:23PM -0400, Ricky Beam wrote:
>> 3dm2 (the currently available one anyway) needs /proc/scsi/3w-9xxx to
>> discover any controllers.  The current in-kernel driver doesn't contain any
>> /proc/scsi support.  The attached patch restores the interface.
>
>I'd rather wait for a new 3dm2 release instead of adding deprecated interfaces.
>Adam, any schedule for a new release?

Well, I'm not the only one who cannot monitor/control their array with the
current in-kernel driver.  I don't care if the proc interface makes it
back into the kernel; the systems I assemble with a 9500 will have the
proc interface restored until I have a 3dm2 in hand that doesn't need it.

Having a non-functioning 3dm2 is a major problem in my book. (technically,
not have a firmware update interface in the kernel's driver is also a
concern.)

Locking the door before you have a key to get back in is a bad idea.

--Ricky