Also: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/mpxio/
-- Dan Maslowski Sr. Engineering Manager wk: 303.957.5964 cel: 720.530.8271 James C. McPherson wrote: > Torsten Eichstädt wrote: >> Hello experts, >> >> why do the Sun FC HBA (socal devices) not support mpxio? >> I thought mpxio is more or less independent from the physical devices. > > MPxIO doesn't support socal because firstly > socal was written before the Leadville stack and > secondly - socal as a physical device was EOLd > looooong ago and the engineering effort required > to bring it into compliance with Leadville was > not worth it. > > HBA drivers have to be written to comply with > the interface requirements of MPxIO, and if they > do not comply then you cannot use them as MPxIO- > capable devices. > > You can investigate this further by looking > through the source for the NWS Consolidation > > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/nwsc/src/sun_nws/ > > and at sunmdi.c, sunndi.c and scsi_vhci.c in > the ON consolidation: > > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/uts/common/os/sunmdi.c > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/uts/common/os/sunndi.c > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/uts/common/io/scsi/adapters/scsi_vhci/ > > > > James C. McPherson > -- > Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris > Sun Microsystems > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss -- Dan Maslowski Sr. Engineering Manager wk: 303.957.5964 cel: 720.530.8271 _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
