Volker A. Brandt writes: > Garrett D'Amore writes: > > As soon as my current workload settles, I've agreed to convert hme/qfe, > > as well as several other drivers (eri, afe, mxfe) to Brussels. Its > > likely to be about a month before I dedicate the time this project needs. > > You da man! [Apart from top-posting, that is :-)]
heh. > > James Carlson wrote: > > > The ce and ge drivers, though, are in the old NSPG/NSN/CS > > > consolidation, which isn't open source, and which is unlikely to get > > > attention. There's a project running to produce a new open driver for > > > Cassini hardware (likely leaving only ge and gem out in the cold), but > > > I don't know the current status of that. (Given the special > > > interactions between 'ce' and Sun Cluster and other odd features, I > > > wouldn't be surprised to hear that an open driver would not be usable > > > on a regular Sun distribution. But that's just my guess.) > > Hmmm.... this means there is some likelihood for a schism like > either "S10 + old ce + Solaris Cluster + no Brussels" > or "OpenSolaris + new ce + OpenHA + Brussels"? I don't know. That's really a question for the folks running those distributions (the ones who choose content), and I'm not one of them. What I do know is that I've looked at the ce source (it's rather large ... bordering on huge) and I've been involved with some discussions related to interfaces shared between it and other products. That's what gives me pause with respect to a "simple" open replacement. > Well, better that than nothing I suppose. The part about ge in the > cold made all my nice ge cards on the shelf cringe and squeak though. No doubt. But those are so old that I'd expect that you can probably get a more capable card from your local computer store for just a few bucks, so it's hard to care too much. Other than for nostalgia reasons, I suppose. ;-} -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
