Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
> > note that if adaptec simply opensourced their managment tools we > wouldn't > > have this problem at all. I wonder why Adaptec did that for the old > > i2o-based controllers but not aacraid. > > Oh yes, that, worked hard on the powers-that-be to permit this. Could > not release a substantial

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-24 Thread Ross Macintyre
Christoph Hellwig said: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 04:32:04PM -, Ross Macintyre wrote: >> Since you advise us to stay away from Adaptec, and I assume you are part >> of the team that manages the Fedora system, > > I'm not associated with Fedora at all. > >> can you advise users what RAID >> / S

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Markus Lidel
Hello, Christoph Hellwig wrote: [...] can you advise users what RAID / Storage vendors to use? ie what quality vendors support Linux? LSI and 3ware for example do provide frequent driver updates, working managment tools and cooperate with the linux community very well. Hmmm, can't say something abo

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Markus Lidel
Hello, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > [...] note that if adaptec simply opensourced their managment tools we wouldn't have this problem at all. I wonder why Adaptec did that for the old i2o-based controllers but not aacraid. Oh yes, that, worked hard on the powers-that-be to permit this. Could not releas

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
Now you've gone and done it Christoph! ;-} Christoph Hellwig writes: > legacy of Adaptec's non linux-supporting past. Cry with me for a moment... We all know that certification is the real issue here, most Penguins scoff at this requirement, but customers expect it none-the-less and pull us throu

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:43:50PM -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > No, this shows that you have no interest in supporting legacy > applications legacy of Adaptec's non linux-supporting past. note that if adaptec simply opensourced their managment tools we wouldn't have this problem at all. I wonde

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 04:32:04PM -, Ross Macintyre wrote: > Since you advise us to stay away from Adaptec, and I assume you are part > of the team that manages the Fedora system, I'm not associated with Fedora at all. > can you advise users what RAID > / Storage vendors to use? ie what qual

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-22 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
Christoph Hellwig said: > We're not going to add new procfs handler for scsi HBA drivers. And that was the answer to the question, thanks for answering it. Isn't it nice to ask for guidance and get such direct answers? Christoph Hellwig then goes on a tirade: > Unfortunately this problems shows o

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-22 Thread Ross Macintyre
Christoph Hellwig said: > On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 08:41:18AM -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: >> We are pressuring our management application folks to switch to /sys as >> well, has not happened yet. In part because changes have to work for all >> tested releases and operating systems, our testing depa

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-20 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 08:41:18AM -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > We are pressuring our management application folks to switch to /sys as > well, has not happened yet. In part because changes have to work for all > tested releases and operating systems, our testing department only test > distributio

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-20 Thread Christoph Hellwig
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Macintyre > > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:20 AM > > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 > > > > Could someone possibly help? > &

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-17 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
TED] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:53 PM To: Salyzyn, Mark; Christoph Hellwig Cc: Ross Macintyre; linux-scsi Subject: RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 08:02 -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > The applications require the Adaptec Branch of the driver in order

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-16 Thread Mark Haverkamp
riginal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Macintyre > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:20 AM > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org > Subject: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 > > Could someone possibly help? >

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-16 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Macintyre Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:20 AM To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 Could someone possibly help? I have upgraded a machine from RedHat 8.0 to FC2 and the adaptec-browser1 and

adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-16 Thread Ross Macintyre
Could someone possibly help? I have upgraded a machine from RedHat 8.0 to FC2 and the adaptec-browser1 and adaptec-smbe software that I installed is not working properly. It looks ok at first glance but if I pull a disk out I only get informed of the 'informational' type messages. (Also the browse