* Status of the LSI 2108 @ 2011-01-19 4:25 James Shubin 2011-01-20 23:28 ` [kernel] " Mr. James W. Laferriere 2011-01-20 23:34 ` Randy Dunlap 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: James Shubin @ 2011-01-19 4:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel Hi, I've been trying to find out if the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the vanilla kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/robustness. This seems to be the correct source: ftp://ftp.supermicro.nl/driver/SAS/LSI/2108/Driver/Linux/v04.31/ however I'm not sure at all if it's maintained, or what. I would outright test this myself, however I haven't bought the servers yet Thanks for your help, Please cc-me on replies. James ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [kernel] Status of the LSI 2108 2011-01-19 4:25 Status of the LSI 2108 James Shubin @ 2011-01-20 23:28 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere 2011-01-20 23:34 ` Randy Dunlap 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Mr. James W. Laferriere @ 2011-01-20 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: James Shubin; +Cc: linux-kernel Hello James , On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, James Shubin wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to find out if the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the > vanilla kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/robustness. > > This seems to be the correct source: > ftp://ftp.supermicro.nl/driver/SAS/LSI/2108/Driver/Linux/v04.31/ > however I'm not sure at all if it's maintained, or what. I would > outright test this myself, however I haven't bought the servers yet > > Thanks for your help, > Please cc-me on replies. > > James The best list for this quite probably is linux-scsi or maybe emailing LSI support directly . Hth , JimL -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network&System Engineer | 3237 Holden Road | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | Fairbanks, AK. 99709 | only on AXP | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Status of the LSI 2108 2011-01-19 4:25 Status of the LSI 2108 James Shubin 2011-01-20 23:28 ` [kernel] " Mr. James W. Laferriere @ 2011-01-20 23:34 ` Randy Dunlap 2011-01-20 23:57 ` James Shubin 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Randy Dunlap @ 2011-01-20 23:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: purpleidea, scsi; +Cc: linux-kernel, DL-MPTFusionLinux On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:25:53 -0500 James Shubin wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to find out if the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the > vanilla kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/robustness. > > This seems to be the correct source: > ftp://ftp.supermicro.nl/driver/SAS/LSI/2108/Driver/Linux/v04.31/ > however I'm not sure at all if it's maintained, or what. I would > outright test this myself, however I haven't bought the servers yet > > Thanks for your help, > Please cc-me on replies. Hi, Probably better to ask on the linux-scsi mailing list [added]. Also added the lsi.com email address. drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c contains this: /* Liberator ~ 2108 */ { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_1, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_2, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_3, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, so it looks like there is at least some basic support for the 2108. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Status of the LSI 2108 2011-01-20 23:34 ` Randy Dunlap @ 2011-01-20 23:57 ` James Shubin 2011-01-21 15:47 ` Unrein, Jason 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: James Shubin @ 2011-01-20 23:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Randy Dunlap; +Cc: scsi, linux-kernel, DL-MPTFusionLinux Thanks Randy for sending me in the right direction. Hello linux-scsi and LSI. Any thoughts to the below question would be much appreciated! James On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 15:34 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:25:53 -0500 James Shubin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've been trying to find out if the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the > > vanilla kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/robustness. > > > > This seems to be the correct source: > > ftp://ftp.supermicro.nl/driver/SAS/LSI/2108/Driver/Linux/v04.31/ > > however I'm not sure at all if it's maintained, or what. I would > > outright test this myself, however I haven't bought the servers yet > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Please cc-me on replies. > > Hi, > > Probably better to ask on the linux-scsi mailing list [added]. > Also added the lsi.com email address. > > > drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c contains this: > > /* Liberator ~ 2108 */ > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_1, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_2, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_3, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > > so it looks like there is at least some basic support for the 2108. > > > --- > ~Randy > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* RE: Status of the LSI 2108 2011-01-20 23:57 ` James Shubin @ 2011-01-21 15:47 ` Unrein, Jason 2011-01-21 16:20 ` James Shubin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Unrein, Jason @ 2011-01-21 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: purpleidea@gmail.com, Randy Dunlap Cc: scsi, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, DL-MPT Fusion Linux [-- Warning: decoded text below may be mangled, UTF-8 assumed --] [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8", Size: 2659 bytes --] The latest vanilla kernel should have support for all of our second generation sas HBAs (6gb/s capable). If there are any problems you can always download an updated driver from the www.lsi.com website. The Supermicro ftp site you sent is actually for our counterpart in LSI, Megaraid. Since they run a different firmware, they have a different driver in the kernel (megaraid_sas) where as ours are mptlinux (Gen1, 3.0gb/s), mpt2sas (Gen2), mpt2sasbtm (Gen2 but for older 2.6 kernels). We both use the same chip so Supermicro might be making it a little confusing. You might see if they reference the chip as a Megaraid chip in any way or if it is always an LSI chip. It is possible to run it in both modes if all the hardware components are there. It would probably be best to email Supermicro and get the details from them about the chip to confirm what you need. -----Original Message----- From: James Shubin [mailto:purpleidea@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:57 PM To: Randy Dunlap Cc: scsi; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; DL-MPT Fusion Linux Subject: Re: Status of the LSI 2108 Thanks Randy for sending me in the right direction. Hello linux-scsi and LSI. Any thoughts to the below question would be much appreciated! James On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 15:34 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:25:53 -0500 James Shubin wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've been trying to find out if the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the > > vanilla kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/robustness. > > > > This seems to be the correct source: > > ftp://ftp.supermicro.nl/driver/SAS/LSI/2108/Driver/Linux/v04.31/ > > however I'm not sure at all if it's maintained, or what. I would > > outright test this myself, however I haven't bought the servers yet > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Please cc-me on replies. > > Hi, > > Probably better to ask on the linux-scsi mailing list [added]. > Also added the lsi.com email address. > > > drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c contains this: > > /* Liberator ~ 2108 */ > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_1, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_2, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_3, > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > > so it looks like there is at least some basic support for the 2108. > > > --- > ~Randy > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** ÿôèº{.nÇ+‰·Ÿ®‰†+%ŠËÿ±éݶ\x17¥Šwÿº{.nÇ+‰·¥Š{±þG«éÿŠ{ayº\x1dʇڙë,j\a¢f£¢·hšïêÿ‘êçz_è®\x03(階ŠÝ¢j"ú\x1a¶^[m§ÿÿ¾\a«þG«éÿ¢¸?™¨èÚ&£ø§~á¶iO•æ¬z·švØ^\x14\x04\x1a¶^[m§ÿÿÃ\fÿ¶ìÿ¢¸?–I¥ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* RE: Status of the LSI 2108 2011-01-21 15:47 ` Unrein, Jason @ 2011-01-21 16:20 ` James Shubin 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: James Shubin @ 2011-01-21 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: support Hi Supermicro, I'm looking for information on whether the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the vanilla linux kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/ robustness of the driver. The servers in question that I'm interested in are the: http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/2U/8026/SYS-8026B-6R.cfm?SAS=Y Thank you for your time, feel free to see the below history for some background. James On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 08:47 -0700, Unrein, Jason wrote: > The latest vanilla kernel should have support for all of our second generation sas HBAs (6gb/s capable). If there are any problems you can always download an updated driver from the www.lsi.com website. > > The Supermicro ftp site you sent is actually for our counterpart in LSI, Megaraid. Since they run a different firmware, they have a different driver in the kernel (megaraid_sas) where as ours are mptlinux (Gen1, 3.0gb/s), mpt2sas (Gen2), mpt2sasbtm (Gen2 but for older 2.6 kernels). We both use the same chip so Supermicro might be making it a little confusing. You might see if they reference the chip as a Megaraid chip in any way or if it is always an LSI chip. It is possible to run it in both modes if all the hardware components are there. > > It would probably be best to email Supermicro and get the details from them about the chip to confirm what you need. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Shubin [mailto:purpleidea@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 5:57 PM > To: Randy Dunlap > Cc: scsi; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; DL-MPT Fusion Linux > Subject: Re: Status of the LSI 2108 > > Thanks Randy for sending me in the right direction. > Hello linux-scsi and LSI. Any thoughts to the below question would be > much appreciated! > > James > > > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 15:34 -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:25:53 -0500 James Shubin wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been trying to find out if the LSI 2108 is fully supported in the > > > vanilla kernel, and any thoughts as to the quality/robustness. > > > > > > This seems to be the correct source: > > > ftp://ftp.supermicro.nl/driver/SAS/LSI/2108/Driver/Linux/v04.31/ > > > however I'm not sure at all if it's maintained, or what. I would > > > outright test this myself, however I haven't bought the servers yet > > > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Please cc-me on replies. > > > > Hi, > > > > Probably better to ask on the linux-scsi mailing list [added]. > > Also added the lsi.com email address. > > > > > > drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c contains this: > > > > /* Liberator ~ 2108 */ > > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_1, > > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_2, > > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > > { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_3, > > PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID }, > > > > so it looks like there is at least some basic support for the 2108. > > > > > > --- > > ~Randy > > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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