> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eugene Syromyatnikov [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 7:48 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>; Martin
> K. Petersen <[email protected]>; Christoph Hellwig
> <[email protected]>; James Bottomley
> <[email protected]>; Don Brace
> <[email protected]>; Meelis Roos <[email protected]>; linux-
> [email protected]
> Subject: [man-pages PATCH v2] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in
> Linux 4.14
> 
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> 
> During the Linux 4.14 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed
> in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board
> support.
> 
> * man4/cciss.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention driver removal.
> * man4/hpsa.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention list of boards that recognised
> since Linux 4.14.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
> ---
>  man4/cciss.4 |  7 +++++++
>  man4/hpsa.4  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Don Brace <[email protected]>
Nice find.
Thanks for the patch.

Thanks,
Don Brace
ESC - Smart Storage
Microsemi Corporation


> 
> diff --git a/man4/cciss.4 b/man4/cciss.4
> index e6ba93d..4b543ba 100644
> --- a/man4/cciss.4
> +++ b/man4/cciss.4
> @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ cciss \- HP Smart Array block driver
>  modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]
>  .fi
>  .SH DESCRIPTION
> +.\" commit 253d2464df446456c0bba5ed4137a7be0b278aa8
> +.BR Note :
> +This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.14,
> +as it is superseded by
> +.BR hpsa (4)
> +driver in newer kernels.
> +.PP
>  .B cciss
>  is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.
>  .SS Options
> diff --git a/man4/hpsa.4 b/man4/hpsa.4
> index 63000bf..64f4536 100644
> --- a/man4/hpsa.4
> +++ b/man4/hpsa.4
> @@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ driver supports the following Smart Array boards:
>      Smart Array P711m
>      StorageWorks P1210m
>  .fi
> +.PP
> +.\" commit 135ae6edeb51979d0998daf1357f149a7d6ebb08
> +Since Linux 4.14, the following Smart Array boards are also supported:
> +.PP
> +.nf
> +    Smart Array 5300
> +    Smart Array 5312
> +    Smart Array 532
> +    Smart Array 5i
> +    Smart Array 6400
> +    Smart Array 6400 EM
> +    Smart Array 641
> +    Smart Array 642
> +    Smart Array 6i
> +    Smart Array E200
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E500
> +    Smart Array P400
> +    Smart Array P400i
> +    Smart Array P600
> +    Smart Array P700m
> +    Smart Array P800
> +.fi
>  .SS Configuration details
>  To configure HP Smart Array controllers,
>  use the HP Array Configuration Utility (either
> --
> 2.1.4

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