Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:35:23 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] "iswraid" (ICHxR ataraid sub-driver) for 2.4.29 |
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:03:27 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote: > >>Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> >>>>I consider it not a new feature, but a missing feature, since otherwise >>>>user data cannot be accessed in the RAID setups. >>> >>> >>>the same is true for all new hardware drivers and hardware support >>>patches. And for new DRM (since new X may need it) and new .. and >>>new ... where is the line? >>> >>>for me a deep maintenance mode is about keeping existing stuff working; >>>all new hw support and derivative hardware support (such as this) can be >>>pointed at the new stable series... which has been out for quite some >>>time now.. >> >>Red herring. >> >>2.4.x has ICH5/6 support -- but is missing the RAID support component. >> >>We are talking about hardware that is ALREADY supported by 2.4.x kernel, >>not new hardware. >> >>We are also talking about inability to access data on hardware supported >>by 2.4.x, not something that can easily be ignored or papered over with >>a compatibility mode. > > > the same arguments can be used for crypto support etc., > answer is - use 2.6.x or add extra patches to get 2.4.x working
It's fix in a sense. The hardware is supported now, just not very well. If an IDE chipset was capable of UDA4 and the driver only allowed UDA2 it would be a fix, in this case thehardware is supported partially, the RAID conponent isn't working, and this is the fix.
It is stretching a point, but adding support for all the features of hardware which is currently supported just seems to be a valud operation to me. New crypto feels more like adding a whole new device.
Opinion offered for clarification only, I don't feel strongly on this or crypto, but I do identify because I have hardware with a 2.4 driver and I can't use it unless I give up 2.6.
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