Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Darren.Reed at Sun.COM wrote: >> Garrett D'Amore wrote: >> >>> This case is transitioning to waiting need-spec, until I can find >>> some time to figure out what to do about Sun Trunking migration. >>> >>> No timeline on when I'll get to this. If folks have an interest in >>> helping out here, please let me know. >> >> >> As much as I don't like suggesting this, is there any merit >> in rebranding this case as a hme (qfe) driver for x86 only >> while working out how to solve the qfe/trunking problem >> for sparc? > > That is a potential solution. > > I'm also wondering, given that there is trunking impact, maybe the > pain and suffering associated with qfe is such that we should not even > _try_ to rename the qfe driver.... instead just supply hme, along with > a tool to update the qfe devices to hme when/if the site is ready to > make that conversion. > > I still hate having separate qfe/hme drivers on SPARC for the same > hardware, anyway.
Customers probably will to. I'd avoid that if you can as customer confusion around "Why is SPARC different then x86" bites us all the time. (FC drivers, certain packages, etc.)
