RE: [PATCH] mptsas: scan the logical volume at first

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, August 27, 2007 4:52 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > Yes, I was wondering why kernel.org mainline will have > /dev/sdb for first raid. but it seems RHEL 5 kernel have > first raid before second raid...( it > after all left over raw devices..), maybe they already aplied > some patch? > >

RE: [PATCH] mptsas: scan the logical volume at first

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, August 27, 2007 11:58 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote: > > [PATCH] mptsas: scan the logical volume at first > > user like to see the raid show as /dev/sda before left raw disks. > So scan the volume at first to make their life easier. > > Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

RE: Linux-Kernel MAINTAINERS - LSILOGIC MPT FUSION DRIVERS

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, August 27, 2007 9:59 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 09:30 -0600, Moore, Eric wrote: > > Yes it was changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had posted a > > patch about a month back, along with the changes for all the driver > > sources. >

RE: Linux-Kernel MAINTAINERS - LSILOGIC MPT FUSION DRIVERS

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Friday, August 24, 2007 6:03 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > > The MPT driver subsystem block has an invalid > list address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Is there a replacement address? > > LSILOGIC MPT FUSION DRIVERS (FC/SAS/SPI) > P:Eric Moore > M:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > M:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux-Kernel MAINTAINERS - LSILOGIC MPT FUSION DRIVERS

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Friday, August 24, 2007 6:03 PM, Joe Perches wrote: The MPT driver subsystem block has an invalid list address of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a replacement address? LSILOGIC MPT FUSION DRIVERS (FC/SAS/SPI) P:Eric Moore M:[EMAIL PROTECTED] M:[EMAIL PROTECTED] L:

RE: Linux-Kernel MAINTAINERS - LSILOGIC MPT FUSION DRIVERS

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, August 27, 2007 9:59 AM, Joe Perches wrote: On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 09:30 -0600, Moore, Eric wrote: Yes it was changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had posted a patch about a month back, along with the changes for all the driver sources. This is what I have: LSILOGIC MPT

RE: [PATCH] mptsas: scan the logical volume at first

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, August 27, 2007 11:58 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote: [PATCH] mptsas: scan the logical volume at first user like to see the raid show as /dev/sda before left raw disks. So scan the volume at first to make their life easier. Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Although I

RE: [PATCH] mptsas: scan the logical volume at first

2007-08-27 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, August 27, 2007 4:52 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: Yes, I was wondering why kernel.org mainline will have /dev/sdb for first raid. but it seems RHEL 5 kernel have first raid before second raid...( it after all left over raw devices..), maybe they already aplied some patch? can you

RE: [patch 2/4] scsi: expose AN support to user space

2007-08-15 Thread Moore, Eric
On Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:02 AM, James Bottomley wrote: > Actually, we just got a second potential consumer ... although I'll > reprod to have the reporter send it to the list. It's a device that > needs notice of report luns data changing. The proposed > mechanism looks > a bit narrow

RE: [patch 2/4] scsi: expose AN support to user space

2007-08-15 Thread Moore, Eric
On Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:02 AM, James Bottomley wrote: Actually, we just got a second potential consumer ... although I'll reprod to have the reporter send it to the list. It's a device that needs notice of report luns data changing. The proposed mechanism looks a bit narrow now

RE: MPT Fusion LSI22320 , Domain validation loops .

2007-03-19 Thread Moore, Eric
On Saturday, March 17, 2007 2:33 PM, James W. Laferriere wrote: > Hello All , I am have been having this problem since I > purchased the > controller and after changing out the disks I thought were > the problem . > I am still getting the continous : > > mptscsih: ioc1:

RE: MPT Fusion LSI22320 , Domain validation loops .

2007-03-19 Thread Moore, Eric
On Saturday, March 17, 2007 2:33 PM, James W. Laferriere wrote: Hello All , I am have been having this problem since I purchased the controller and after changing out the disks I thought were the problem . I am still getting the continous : mptscsih: ioc1: attempting task

RE: [PATCH] MPT FUSION: Delete unused header files.

2007-03-12 Thread Moore, Eric
> If you're going to include it just for the sake of including it, not > because the code in question actually uses types or function > declarations defined in there, don't bother, you're just using an > anti-social mechanism to keep this header file in the tree. > > Please, let's kill this

RE: [PATCH] MPT FUSION: Delete unused header files.

2007-03-12 Thread Moore, Eric
Valdis.Kletnieks silly little rant: > Certainly appropriate content for something on your website, > and vendors who > provide programs like dmidecode and parsemce are always > welcome. I could > probably be convinced that such info should have at least a > pointer somewhere > in

RE: [PATCH] MPT FUSION: Delete unused header files.

2007-03-12 Thread Moore, Eric
Valdis.Kletnieks silly little rant: Certainly appropriate content for something on your website, and vendors who provide programs like dmidecode and parsemce are always welcome. I could probably be convinced that such info should have at least a pointer somewhere in

RE: [PATCH] MPT FUSION: Delete unused header files.

2007-03-12 Thread Moore, Eric
If you're going to include it just for the sake of including it, not because the code in question actually uses types or function declarations defined in there, don't bother, you're just using an anti-social mechanism to keep this header file in the tree. Please, let's kill this header

RE: [2.6 patch] make mptspi_target_destroy() static

2007-02-20 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, February 19, 2007 5:07 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > This patch makes the needlessly global mptspi_target_destroy() static. > > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ACK - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

RE: LSI Logic 40919o fibre channel: scsi works ip not

2007-02-20 Thread Moore, Eric
On Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:04 AM, Mario Giammarco wrote: > Now regarding the whole thing surrounding mptlan, I don't think > that LSI officially supports that feature any more or willing to fix > any bugs for it in their firmware or driver. Is that right? > > If so, we might as well

RE: [2.6 patch] make mptspi_target_destroy() static

2007-02-20 Thread Moore, Eric
On Monday, February 19, 2007 5:07 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: This patch makes the needlessly global mptspi_target_destroy() static. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACK - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL

RE: LSI Logic 40919o fibre channel: scsi works ip not

2007-02-20 Thread Moore, Eric
On Saturday, February 17, 2007 9:04 AM, Mario Giammarco wrote: Now regarding the whole thing surrounding mptlan, I don't think that LSI officially supports that feature any more or willing to fix any bugs for it in their firmware or driver. Is that right? If so, we might as well remove

RE: PROBLEM: LSIFC909 mpt card fails to recognize devices

2007-01-08 Thread Moore, Eric
Justin wrote: > Success! Here you are Can you send the dmesg, boot.log, or messages from /var/log ? It appears you've sent me lspci output instead. Eric. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info

RE: PROBLEM: LSIFC909 mpt card fails to recognize devices

2007-01-08 Thread Moore, Eric
On Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:07 AM, Justin Rosander wrote: > Hi Eric, > I tried recompiling the kernel per your instructions, but I got a > failure here: > CC [M] drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.o > drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c: In function 'mpt_resume': >

RE: PROBLEM: LSIFC909 mpt card fails to recognize devices

2007-01-08 Thread Moore, Eric
On Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:07 AM, Justin Rosander wrote: Hi Eric, I tried recompiling the kernel per your instructions, but I got a failure here: CC [M] drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.o drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c: In function 'mpt_resume':

RE: PROBLEM: LSIFC909 mpt card fails to recognize devices

2007-01-08 Thread Moore, Eric
Justin wrote: Success! Here you are Can you send the dmesg, boot.log, or messages from /var/log ? It appears you've sent me lspci output instead. Eric. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at

RE: can't boot 2.6.13

2005-09-08 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:19 PM, Mike Miller(HP) wrote: > I am not able to boot the 2.6.13 version of the kernel. I've > tried different systems, tried downloading again, still > nothing. Here's the last thing I see from the serial port: > > md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. > md: autorun

RE: can't boot 2.6.13

2005-09-08 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Thursday, September 08, 2005 3:19 PM, Mike Miller(HP) wrote: I am not able to boot the 2.6.13 version of the kernel. I've tried different systems, tried downloading again, still nothing. Here's the last thing I see from the serial port: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ...

RE: As of 2.6.13-rc1 Fusion-MPT very slow

2005-08-08 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Sunday, August 07, 2005 8:30 AM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 05:59 +, Holger Kiehl wrote: > > Thanks, removing those it compiles fine. This patch also > solves my problem, > > here the output of dmesg: > > Well ... the transport class was supposed to help diagnose the

RE: As of 2.6.13-rc1 Fusion-MPT very slow

2005-08-08 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Sunday, August 07, 2005 8:30 AM, James Bottomley wrote: On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 05:59 +, Holger Kiehl wrote: Thanks, removing those it compiles fine. This patch also solves my problem, here the output of dmesg: Well ... the transport class was supposed to help diagnose the problem

RE: As of 2.6.13-rc1 Fusion-MPT very slow

2005-08-01 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
Jul 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > "Moore, Eric Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Regarding the 1st issue, can you try this patch out. It > maybe in the > >> -mm branch. Andrew cc'd on this email can confirm. > >> >

RE: As of 2.6.13-rc1 Fusion-MPT very slow

2005-08-01 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
2005, Andrew Morton wrote: Moore, Eric Dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Regarding the 1st issue, can you try this patch out. It maybe in the -mm branch. Andrew cc'd on this email can confirm. ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/ 2.6.13-rc3/2.6 .13-rc3

Re: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-19 Thread Moore, Eric Moore
On Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:12 PM, Matt Domsch wrote: What you illustrated above is not going to work. If your doing #ifndef around a function, such as scsi_device_online, it's not going to compile when scsi_device_online is already implemented in the kernel tree. The routine scsi_device_online

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-19 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:17 PM, Matt Domsch wrote: > In general, this construct: > > > > -#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,6)) > > > -static int inline scsi_device_online(struct scsi_device *sdev) > > > -{ > > > - return sdev->online; > > > -} > > > -#endif > > is better tested

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-19 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:17 PM, Matt Domsch wrote: In general, this construct: -#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,6)) -static int inline scsi_device_online(struct scsi_device *sdev) -{ - return sdev-online; -} -#endif is better tested as: #ifndef

Re: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-19 Thread Moore, Eric Moore
On Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:12 PM, Matt Domsch wrote: What you illustrated above is not going to work. If your doing #ifndef around a function, such as scsi_device_online, it's not going to compile when scsi_device_online is already implemented in the kernel tree. The routine scsi_device_online

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-13 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:38 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > In general, this construct: > > > > > > -#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,6)) > > > > -static int inline scsi_device_online(struct scsi_device *sdev) > > > > -{ > > > > - return sdev->online; > > > > -} > > > >

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-13 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:38 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: In general, this construct: -#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,6)) -static int inline scsi_device_online(struct scsi_device *sdev) -{ - return sdev-online; -} -#endif is better tested

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-12 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
> > But Id rather have same files in our maintained driver, > > and whats in the kernel tree. > > Just think what a mess we'd have on our hands if we let > everyone do that. Sorry, please don't put compat header > files into the current upstream tree, thanks. > Fine. - To unsubscribe from this

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-12 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
> > On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 18:15 -0600, Moore, Eric Dean wrote: > > I'd rather you not kill linux_compat.h file. > > I use this file for compatibility of driver source > > across various kernel versions. I provide our > > customers with driver builds containing

RE: [BUG] Fusion MPT Base Driver initialization failure with kdum p

2005-07-12 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
I've seen the report. I need more info from Bharata on how to reproduce. Perhaps you can send me email offline which provides specific instructions to how to configure kdump, how to capture the dump, and what you did to crash your system. Eric Moore LSI Logic Corporation On Tuesday, July 12,

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-12 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Sun, 2005-07-10 at 18:15 -0600, Moore, Eric Dean wrote: I'd rather you not kill linux_compat.h file. I use this file for compatibility of driver source across various kernel versions. I provide our customers with driver builds containing single source which needs to compile

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-12 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
But Id rather have same files in our maintained driver, and whats in the kernel tree. Just think what a mess we'd have on our hands if we let everyone do that. Sorry, please don't put compat header files into the current upstream tree, thanks. Fine. - To unsubscribe from this list:

RE: [BUG] Fusion MPT Base Driver initialization failure with kdum p

2005-07-12 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
I've seen the report. I need more info from Bharata on how to reproduce. Perhaps you can send me email offline which provides specific instructions to how to configure kdump, how to capture the dump, and what you did to crash your system. Eric Moore LSI Logic Corporation On Tuesday, July 12,

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-10 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
I'd rather you not kill linux_compat.h file. I use this file for compatibility of driver source across various kernel versions. I provide our customers with driver builds containing single source which needs to compile in kernels 2.6.5( e.g. SLES9), 2.6.8 (e.g. RHEL4), and 2.6.11 ( e.g. SuSE

RE: [PATCH 22/82] remove linux/version.h from drivers/message/fus ion

2005-07-10 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
I'd rather you not kill linux_compat.h file. I use this file for compatibility of driver source across various kernel versions. I provide our customers with driver builds containing single source which needs to compile in kernels 2.6.5( e.g. SLES9), 2.6.8 (e.g. RHEL4), and 2.6.11 ( e.g. SuSE

RE: [PATCH] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-28 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:21 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > I took a quick look an a here's a few comments: > > - I don't think renaming mptscsih.c to mpt_core.c makes sense. >the new name is confusing at best, and keeping the old name allows >to keep SCCS history aswell. That means

RE: [PATCH 6/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-28 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:04 AM, James Bottomley wrote: > > > On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 01:16 -0800, Jeremy Higdon wrote: > > James, actually this queue depth code predates your > change_queue_depth > > API. I don't think it was ever converted to the new API. > > Erk, you're right. My todo

RE: [PATCH 6/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-28 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:04 AM, James Bottomley wrote: On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 01:16 -0800, Jeremy Higdon wrote: James, actually this queue depth code predates your change_queue_depth API. I don't think it was ever converted to the new API. Erk, you're right. My todo list says I'm

RE: [PATCH] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-28 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:21 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: I took a quick look an a here's a few comments: - I don't think renaming mptscsih.c to mpt_core.c makes sense. the new name is confusing at best, and keeping the old name allows to keep SCCS history aswell. That means the

[PATCH 5/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 6/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 7/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 3/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 1/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
Here are several patches(7) which follow this email. These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various

[PATCH] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
Here are several patches(7) which follow this email. These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various

[PATCH 1/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 3/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 7/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 6/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

[PATCH 5/7] - MPT FUSION - SPLITTING SCSI HOST DRIVERS

2005-03-24 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
These patches are for the mpt fusion scsi host drivers, which separate the scsi host drivers into separate bus type kernel modules. This was requested by several people on the linux-scsi@ forum, so our driver can properly support the various transport layers; e.g. SPI, FC, and eventually SAS.

RE: [PATCH] - Fusion-MPT much faster as module

2005-03-22 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:05 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 11:40 -0700, Moore, Eric Dean wrote: > > History on this: > > Between the 3.01.16 and 3.01.18, we introduced new method > > to passing command line options to the driver. Some of the >

[PATCH] - Fusion-MPT much faster as module

2005-03-22 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
Here is a patch for mpt fusion drivers, which fix's issue of poor performance when driver compiled built-in to the kernel. Thanks to Chen, Kenneth W. History on this: Between the 3.01.16 and 3.01.18, we introduced new method to passing command line options to the driver. Some of the command

[PATCH] - Fusion-MPT much faster as module

2005-03-22 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
Here is a patch for mpt fusion drivers, which fix's issue of poor performance when driver compiled built-in to the kernel. Thanks to Chen, Kenneth W. History on this: Between the 3.01.16 and 3.01.18, we introduced new method to passing command line options to the driver. Some of the command

RE: [PATCH] - Fusion-MPT much faster as module

2005-03-22 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
On Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:05 PM, James Bottomley wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 11:40 -0700, Moore, Eric Dean wrote: History on this: Between the 3.01.16 and 3.01.18, we introduced new method to passing command line options to the driver. Some of the command line options are used

EBDA Question

2005-02-07 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
EBDA - Extended Bios Data Area Does Linux and various boot loaders(lilo/grub/etc) having any restrictions on where and how big memory allocated in EBDA is? Is this handled for 2.4/2.6 Kernels? Reason I ask is we are considering having BIOS(for a SCSI HBA Controller) allocating memory in EBDA

EBDA Question

2005-02-07 Thread Moore, Eric Dean
EBDA - Extended Bios Data Area Does Linux and various boot loaders(lilo/grub/etc) having any restrictions on where and how big memory allocated in EBDA is? Is this handled for 2.4/2.6 Kernels? Reason I ask is we are considering having BIOS(for a SCSI HBA Controller) allocating memory in EBDA