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.)



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