On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, James C. McPherson wrote:
> Which particular ARC cases are you referring to here? The ones for mpt
> and its follow-ons such as the ones I've been involved with? Or some
> other cases/fasttracks which haven't actually been logged with PSARC?
> I certainly could not find any in the archives which appear to relate
> to LSI1078, let alone the actual MegaRAID SAS chip which mfi drives.
I wasn't referring to any case specific, so I guess it should be easy
then. I was guessing there was something done for the work that has been
underway for some time.
> Some people are positive, some people are negative, and some
> people (not you, Alan) don't seem to understand the concept of
> this whole "Open" Solaris and how it's different to how Sun
> and LSI/{third party vendor du jour} have operated in the past.
I am not sure where Sun actually stands with LSI. Most of the partners
that Sun works with have been very positive towards open source, and LSI
could be one of the, I don't know.
As an example, there are other vendors working to open source drivers.
> No, it's the CTeam which is shaping up to be the gating
> entity in this case. The relevant ARC decides on the
> architectural merits, not the "will we allow this into
> the consolidation" questions.
Sure, I was using ARC as a generic term for "process", but there's a lot
of layers to sort out to get the sources outside. It's not clear how much
of it will be moved and/or created outside as it is known today.
We still have some time to ponder...LOL!
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Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group
