>-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Collins [mailto:be...@servergy.com] >Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:55 PM >To: Saxena, Sumit >Cc: Martin K. Petersen; DL-MegaRAID Linux; linux-scsi; >aradf...@gmail.com >Subject: Re: State of big-endian for MegaRAID SAS driver > >On Aug 19, 2013, at 7:16 AM, "Saxena, Sumit" <sumit.sax...@lsi.com> >wrote: >> This patch: Big endian support for megaraid_sas driver is not >complete. In few areas, we need to do changes like this patch does not >have changes for Thunderbolt/invader/Fury controllers(file: >megaraid_sas_fusion.c), and needs few changes in file: >megaraid_sas_fp.c(while host reads some member of raidmap, it needs >endianness change there also).. >> >> LSI has megaraid_sas driver with big endian support for driver version >"06.506.00.00". But to add big endian support for latest upstream >megaraid_sas driver (06.600.18.00), we need to make some more changes. >> We will get back with big endian support patch on top of latest >upstream megaraid_sas driver. >> > >Is this work-in-progress available somewhere? What is the time frame you >expect to have this supported by LSI directly? Based on the fact that >big-endian support in megaraid_sas is 8 years in the making, forgive me >if I'm a little skeptical of progress in the near term. > We are conferring with Marketing and Product Management on direction wrt Big endian support for megaraid_sas driver. Our goal is to gain clear direction within two weeks.
>I realize that the big-endian patch from Martin isn't complete for >fusion, but it is for other cards. Given that our company has a POWER >based product using MegaRAID LSI SAS due on the market in a matter of >months, I'd like to have stock kernels supporting it sooner rather than >later. > >Since this patch has zero effect on currently supported platforms >(little-endian), I don't see the harm in letting it through, since it >actually does work, and more importantly, works right now. > Martin's patch does not have few changes needed in function "megasas_init_fw()"(inside file: megaraid_sas_base.c), so for consistency and driver's maintenance point of view- big endian support should be committed with complete set of changes, which works for all generation controllers. >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Martin K. Petersen [mailto:martin.peter...@oracle.com] >>> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 6:42 AM >>> To: Ben Collins >>> Cc: Martin K. Petersen; DL-MegaRAID Linux; linux-scsi; >>> aradf...@gmail.com >>> Subject: Re: State of big-endian for MegaRAID SAS driver >>> >>>>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <be...@servergy.com> writes: >>> >>> Ben, >>> >>> Ben> Considering your patch has had two success stories (I suspect >>> Ben> yours was on SPARC, so that would even make two different >>> Ben> platforms) and low likelihood of regression on little endian, I >>> Ben> think it's pretty safe. >>> >>> I ordered a MegaRAID card today so I can test on x86 just to be sure. >>> >>> >>> Ben> The only thing I think that could make it better is to annotate >>> Ben> the structures in megaraid_sas.h as __le32 where applicable. >>> >>> I have an older patch that does just that. And another one that gets >>> rid of the 32-bit DMA limitations on large systems. But I didn't want >>> to clutter the initial submission. >>> >>> -- >>> Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering >> >> > >-- >Benjamin M. Collins | Principal Architect Servergy, Inc. | Save Energy. >Work Smart. (r) m (757) 243-7557 | e be...@servergy.com L LinkedIn | T >twitter.com/Servergy www.servergy.com > >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication contains privileged and/or >confidential information to be maintained with the strictest confidence. >It is intended solely for the use of the person or entity in which it is >addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are STRICTLY >PROHIBITED from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this >information. If you received this communication in error, please contact >the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether >electronic or hard copy. Email may contain forward looking comments >that are based on managements best-faith estimates which are subject to >change. For information only. Not an offer, or solicitation of any offer >to buy or sell any security, investment or other product. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
