[ANNOUNCE] MegaRAID RAID driver version 2.00 - introduced as new megaraid2 in 2.4.x and 2.5.x

[ANNOUNCE] MegaRAID RAID driver version 2.00 - introduced as new megaraid2 in 2.4.x and 2.5.x

[Mukker, Atul]

Alan et al,

Attached please find the megaraid driver version 2.00, which is to be
introduced as megaraid2 in 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels. The mail has two
attachments:
1.	megaraid v200 for 2.4.x kernels - megaraid2-v200.tar.gz
2.	patch for 2.5.x kernels - megaraid2-v200-24x-25x.patch.gz

Other people on linux lists: Driver is not attached for lists. Please await
announcement from Matt Domsch after he has updated the appropriate download
sites.

Regards

Atul Mukker <Atul.Mukker@lsil.com>
Project Leader, RAID Device Drivers

RAID Storage Adapters Division
LSI Logic Corporation
6145-D Northbelt Parkway
Norcross GA - 30071
U.S.A.

<megaraid2-v200.tar.gz> <megaraid2-v200-24x-25x.patch.gz>

Re: [ANNOUNCE] MegaRAID RAID driver version 2.00 - introduced as new megaraid2 in 2.4.x and 2.5.x

[Christoph Hellwig]

[could you cut down the Cc list to something reasonable next time?]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 08:24:57PM -0500, Mukker, Atul wrote:
> Alan et al,
> 
> Attached please find the megaraid driver version 2.00, which is to be
> introduced as megaraid2 in 2.4.x and 2.5.x kernels. The mail has two
> attachments:
> 1.	megaraid v200 for 2.4.x kernels - megaraid2-v200.tar.gz
> 2.	patch for 2.5.x kernels - megaraid2-v200-24x-25x.patch.gz
> 
> Other people on linux lists: Driver is not attached for lists. Please await
> announcement from Matt Domsch after he has updated the appropriate download
> sites.

Please don't add another driver.  From what I've seen the megaraid2
is nothing but the bugfixes/partial rewrite RH did for their Advanced
Server.  Just add it to 2.5 and maybe 2.4-ac instead of the current driver,
if it proves stable it can go into 2.4 later.