Re: [PATCH] Add hpsa driver for HP Smart Array controllers.

Andrew Morton
2009-10-03T18:23:45Z

On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:16:26 -0500 Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 02:30:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:25:30 -0500
> > "Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Add hpsa driver for HP Smart Array controllers.
> > >
> > > This driver supports a subset of HP Smart Array Controllers.
> > > It is a SCSI alternative to the cciss driver.
> >
> > Does it support all the devices which cciss supports?
> >
> > IOW, do we have a plan here to remove the cciss driver or must we
> > maintain both drivers indefinitely?
>
> Andrew, et al.,
> >From the lack of response I'm guessing my reply about phasing cciss out
> completely did not go over well. Or is that what the question meant?
>
> We purposely limited controller support in hpsa to try and prevent problems
> in the field. What's needed to get hpsa accepted? Add support for all
> hardware?
>
> While we do not want to maintain 2 drivers indefinitely we (HP) must
> continue to support cciss for some years to come.
>
> Any guidance is appreciated.
>

Well, obviously it's neater if we can retire the old driver. Sometimes
life isn't neat. We had a similar situation with e1000-vs-e1000e. And
with e100-vs-eepro100, although eepro100 went away after many years.