Messages in this thread | | | From | "Moore, Eric Dean" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] 2.4.23-pre8 driver udpate for MPT Fusion (2.05.10) | Date | Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:22:43 -0400 |
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James: I'm clear on the policy, however the 2.05.00.03 MPT driver in 2.6 kernel is *NOT* compatible with what is shipping in 2.4 kernel which is 2.05.05+ driver. The driver in 2.6 has had most of the backward compatibility stripped out, such as Old Error Handling, and many other changes to make it work with new kernel structures and functions, however doesn't make it backward compatible to 2.4 kernel.
Our focus has been 2.4 kernel version of the driver as that is what is shipping in all Linux distributions, and our customers have been asking for RPM driver updates to the latest driver fix bugs and enhancements for their shipping systems out in the field. One major OEM player has requested we update Kernel.org as to reduce their dependency on LSI for RPM driver updates. I wish that these updates make their way into the 2.4 kernel. I will begin porting these changes over the driver in 2.6 immediately. Also one thing is that there have been change on Maintainership of this driver from Pam Delaney to myself and Larry Stephens, so things are about getting back to normal.
Eric
On Friday, October 24, 2003 9:21 AM, James Bottomley wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:53, Moore, Eric Dean wrote: > > Here's a patch for 2.4.23-pre8 kernel for MPT Fusion > driver, coming from LSI > > Logic. > > > > This patch is large, so I have placed it on the LSI ftp site at: > > > ftp://ftp.lsil.com/HostAdapterDrivers/linux/Fusion-MPT/2.05.10 /mptlinux-2.05 > .10.patch > > A new email address is setup for directing any MPT Fusion questions: > mpt_linux_developer@lsil.com
The policy for driver updates into 2.4 is that they should be backports from 2.6 (for things like mpt fusion that have similar drivers) so that the newer driver gets into 2.6 first. If you want to send the 2.6 patches, I can queue them up for when the "bugfix only" freeze is relaxed.
James
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