Bug#374792: [patch 18/24] megaraid: Dell CERC ATA100/4ch support
Janusz Krzysztofik
Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
> Ju, Seokmann wrote:
>> Technically, I would recommend you to check F/W version and make sure
>> it is not higher than 6.61.
>> I believe the problem happens with 6.62 or higher.
>
> Bingo! megaraid_mbox works for me with F/W 6.61. How did you know?
Then, ak...@osdl.org wrote:
> The patch titled
>
> magaraid: check for firmware version
>
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
>
> megaraid-check-for-firmware-version.patch
But "stephane matis" <s.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, FW 6.61 doesn't seem to support disks capacity over
> 128G, a condition I noted after downgrading from 6.67. I confirmed
> the same behavior with two brands of 200G disks.
So the patch does not really solve the problem and probably should be
removed from the -mm tree.
However, Ju, Seokmann wrote:
> Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
>> Will you accept a patch that limits PCI IDs with VID=101E, DID=1960 and
>> SSVID=1028 in the new driver to exactly three models specified in its
>> source file comments and, on the other hand, adds PCI ID of Dell CERC
>> ATA100/4ch to the old driver?
> I've forwarded your request to program management team. But, I don't think it will be accepted.
So I ask the question again: could a patch like described above be accepted
until the problem with F/W >6.61 is solved in the new megaraid_mbox driver?
Cheers,
Janusz
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