[Bug 14961] New: Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included

[Bug 14961] New: Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included

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           Summary: Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included
           Product: SCSI Drivers
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: 2.6.18 etc
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: scsi_drivers-other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
        ReportedBy: mikki@hugo.dk
        Regression: No


Created an attachment (id=24377)
 --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=24377)
Latest arcmsr

Hello,

Some very buggy ARCMSR drivers are included in the kernels dating from early
2008.

The new drivers with the same version number, but a later date exists and
should be included instead.

This is the latest
ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/AP_Drivers/Linux/DRIVER/SourceCode/arcmsr.1.20.0X.15-90605.zip

With the older .15 driver i had several system lockups under heavy load.

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Re: [Bug 14961] New: Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:38:06 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14961
> 
>            Summary: Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included
>            Product: SCSI Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.18 etc
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Other
>         AssignedTo: scsi_drivers-other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: mikki@hugo.dk
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> Created an attachment (id=24377)
>  --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=24377)
> Latest arcmsr
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Some very buggy ARCMSR drivers are included in the kernels dating from early
> 2008.
> 
> The new drivers with the same version number, but a later date exists and
> should be included instead.
> 
> This is the latest
> ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/AP_Drivers/Linux/DRIVER/SourceCode/arcmsr.1.20.0X.15-90605.zip
> 
> With the older .15 driver i had several system lockups under heavy load.
> 

Well that's bad.  I'm not seeing any commits against that driver from
Areca staff since February 2008.

So it may be that the manufacturer has abandoned this driver.  If so,
then it would be useful if someone who has the hardware could pick
apart the differences between the above driver and the in-kernel
version, and send the updates into the mainline kernel.

[Bug 14961] Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included

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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14961





--- Comment #1 from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>  2010-01-06 23:21:38 ---
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:38:06 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14961
> 
>            Summary: Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included
>            Product: SCSI Drivers
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.18 etc
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Other
>         AssignedTo: scsi_drivers-other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: mikki@hugo.dk
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> Created an attachment (id=24377)
 --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=24377)
>  --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=24377)
> Latest arcmsr
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Some very buggy ARCMSR drivers are included in the kernels dating from early
> 2008.
> 
> The new drivers with the same version number, but a later date exists and
> should be included instead.
> 
> This is the latest
> ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/AP_Drivers/Linux/DRIVER/SourceCode/arcmsr.1.20.0X.15-90605.zip
> 
> With the older .15 driver i had several system lockups under heavy load.
> 

Well that's bad.  I'm not seeing any commits against that driver from
Areca staff since February 2008.

So it may be that the manufacturer has abandoned this driver.  If so,
then it would be useful if someone who has the hardware could pick
apart the differences between the above driver and the in-kernel
version, and send the updates into the mainline kernel.

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[Bug 14961] Very old and buggy ARCMSR drivers are included

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nick cheng <nick.cheng@areca.com.tw> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from nick cheng <nick.cheng@areca.com.tw>  2010-01-07 01:50:06 ---
Hi Andrew,
Areca does not abandon this driver.
We will still keep maintaining it.
Originally I plan to update the driver in the middle of last year.
But there is a lot of emergency to postpone the plan again and again.
I will make time to do it ASAP.
Sorry for you inconvenience.

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