On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 09:56 +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 03:31:25PM -0800, Wu, Gilbert wrote: > > Subject: [PATCH] scsi: Update Aic94xx SAS/SATA Linux open source device > > driver for new sequence firmware. > > > > > > > > Contribution: > > > > Ed Chim <ed_chim@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Gilbert Wu <gilbert_wu@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Change Log: > > > > 1. Use dword instead of qword to display the value of Connection > > State register for debug purpose. > > > > 2. There are some registers location of AIC94xx chip has been changed > > according to the new V28 firmware. The patch has redefined the register > > location and provided initialization. > > These look like incompatible changes, so you should make sure the driver > still works when it detects the old firmware. Yes, there's going to be a bit of a problem if they are: I expected the firmware to be backward compatible, so the current driver only prints out the firmware version, it won't refuse to use it ... what will happen if we use the new firmware on an old driver? James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
