Al Hopper wrote: > Is'nt that the way Solaris (before OpenSolaris) has always worked!?
Not really - when the ARCs are aware of multiple efforts in the same area, they generally try to force the multiple parties together before any of them get to commitment - this is one of those problems that is much easier to resolve earlier rather than later... > No one has a crystal ball that can see into the future Granted - but one *can* and *should* ask whether there is work in progress in an area where the symptoms point out that there indeed is something being done. James and Alan both have referenced efforts in progress; that is enough for me to move this from being one of those "unknowable future possibilities" into "a definite probability". It is all about using good judgment. Given that we have some warning (the crystal ball really is lighting up), it behooves us to do at least one pass of followup. Of course, if Sun's/LSI's response is "duuh, maybe, sortof, we might someday think about...", then we're done - and mfi should get a green light. The failure mode here is that our left hand isn't talking too well with our right hand, and that the LSI stuff might be more concrete than it appears. We don't know any of the FACTs about the Sun/LSI effort; all I'm saying is to make an attempt to get the other perspective. > "Lead, follow or get out of the way"! Ready, fire, aim? The timeframe for asking this question and getting an answer should be on the order of a week - what's the rush? > ----- Urgent Request ----- > Hi - my name is Al Hopper and I have a future MegaSAS driver (which I'm > going to call mfi2) that will possibly be ready in 3 months or 6 months > or sooner and .... could you possibly ensure that no-one else integrates > a similar driver ahead of me, because it would possibly complicate my > future RTI. Thanks! > ---- end of Urgent Request ------ ---- Response to Urgent Request ---- Hi Al, please go off and coordinate with David and [TBD at LSI] to ensure that all of your efforts are aligned and that you are not duplicating efforts. Which ever of you three comes to ARC first will be required to show that you are in fact collaborating with each other at an architectural level because of the difficulties involved with supporting multiple drivers for the same hardware in Solaris. ---- -John
