Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-28 Thread Christoph Hellwig
note that if adaptec simply opensourced their managment tools we wouldn't have this problem at all. I wonder why Adaptec did that for the old i2o-based controllers but not aacraid. Oh yes, that, worked hard on the powers-that-be to permit this. Could not release a substantial majority

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-24 Thread Ross Macintyre
Christoph Hellwig said: On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 04:32:04PM -, Ross Macintyre wrote: Since you advise us to stay away from Adaptec, and I assume you are part of the team that manages the Fedora system, I'm not associated with Fedora at all. can you advise users what RAID / Storage

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 04:32:04PM -, Ross Macintyre wrote: Since you advise us to stay away from Adaptec, and I assume you are part of the team that manages the Fedora system, I'm not associated with Fedora at all. can you advise users what RAID / Storage vendors to use? ie what quality

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:43:50PM -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: No, this shows that you have no interest in supporting legacy applications legacy of Adaptec's non linux-supporting past. note that if adaptec simply opensourced their managment tools we wouldn't have this problem at all. I wonder

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
Now you've gone and done it Christoph! ;-} Christoph Hellwig writes: legacy of Adaptec's non linux-supporting past. Cry with me for a moment... We all know that certification is the real issue here, most Penguins scoff at this requirement, but customers expect it none-the-less and pull us

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Markus Lidel
Hello, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: [...] note that if adaptec simply opensourced their managment tools we wouldn't have this problem at all. I wonder why Adaptec did that for the old i2o-based controllers but not aacraid. Oh yes, that, worked hard on the powers-that-be to permit this. Could not

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-23 Thread Markus Lidel
Hello, Christoph Hellwig wrote: [...] can you advise users what RAID / Storage vendors to use? ie what quality vendors support Linux? LSI and 3ware for example do provide frequent driver updates, working managment tools and cooperate with the linux community very well. Hmmm, can't say something

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-22 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
Christoph Hellwig said: We're not going to add new procfs handler for scsi HBA drivers. And that was the answer to the question, thanks for answering it. Isn't it nice to ask for guidance and get such direct answers? Christoph Hellwig then goes on a tirade: Unfortunately this problems shows

Re: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-20 Thread Christoph Hellwig
: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 Could someone possibly help? I have upgraded a machine from RedHat 8.0 to FC2 and the adaptec-browser1 and adaptec-smbe software that I installed is not working properly. It looks ok at first glance but if I pull a disk out I only get

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-17 Thread Salyzyn, Mark
: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:53 PM To: Salyzyn, Mark; Christoph Hellwig Cc: Ross Macintyre; linux-scsi Subject: RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 08:02 -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: The applications require the Adaptec Branch of the driver in order to function

adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-16 Thread Ross Macintyre
Could someone possibly help? I have upgraded a machine from RedHat 8.0 to FC2 and the adaptec-browser1 and adaptec-smbe software that I installed is not working properly. It looks ok at first glance but if I pull a disk out I only get informed of the 'informational' type messages. (Also the

RE: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2

2005-03-16 Thread Mark Haverkamp
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Macintyre Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:20 AM To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: adaptec 2120S software under RedHat 8.0 and FC2 Could someone possibly help? I have upgraded a machine from RedHat 8.0 to FC2 and the adaptec-browser1 and adaptec-smbe