... a little addendum:
while the mentioned "experimental" tw_cli (2.00.00.042) provides at
least basic functionality for some controllers (I mostly use 8506-8)
it does not work at all with 8506-4 controllers (It just complains
"No controller found").
Regards,
Peter Daum
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Peter Daum wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> > > > > It looks like in the 3ware driver the procfs entry
> > > > > "/proc/scsi/3w-xxxx"
> > > > > has been removed (or actually moved to sysfs).
> > > > > Unfortunately, this breaks all the (binary only )-: tools provided by
> > > > > 3ware, which are indispensable for system maintenance.
> > > >
> > > > The change came from the driver maintainer at 3ware. Get the updated
> > > > tools from their website.
> > >
> > > Which website do you mean? The programs in the download section of
> > > "www.3ware.com" are just the ones that don't work anymore.
> >
> > It's there just a little hidden. Adam, any chance the new managment tools
> > could be placed more promimently on the website?
>
> I guess you mean "3ware CLI (version 2.00.00.042+)"?
>
> If this is meant to replace all the other versions on the website, then
> the presentation is definitely "suboptimal", because the only way to get
> there is to explicitly request "experimental" software for the "9000
> series" which is kind of strange if you're just looking for basic
> functionality for other controllers.
>
> At least on my 8506-controllers there are also some minor problems (e.g.
> "info" doesn't work during a verify) which I thought was due to the fact
> that the program is intended exclusively for 9000-controllers.
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