On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:04:54 +0000 "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: FUJITA Tomonori [mailto:fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:07 AM > > To: Miller, Mike (OS Dev) > > Cc: fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: HP (Compaq) Smart Array 5xxx controller SCSI driver > > > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +0000 > > "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > As for the patches I mentioned which were previously > > ignored for > > > > > improving how the current cciss SCSI code handled hot > > plogging, if > > > > > you're curious about that, check here: > > > > > > > > > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=120213565000426&w=4 > > > > > > > > > > A change like that becomes more important if logical drives are > > > > > exposed through the scsi layer. > > > > > > > > We need to think about the best way to map (expose) logical and > > > > physical drivers to SCSI luns. As I wrote before, I'm > > interested in > > > > how HP SCSI driver does. > > > > > > We don't neccesarily want or need to expose the physical > > disks. The only exception is disks that are not part of a > > logical volume. If the disks are part of a logical volume but > > exposed the user may shoot themselves in the foot by > > destroying the firmware metadata. > > > > Oops, sorry, I meant physical tape drives. > > > > Tomo, > I patched your driver into the 2.6.27-rc1 kernel. After compiling the driver I get: > > [root@testmonkey linux-2.6]# insmod drivers/scsi/ciss.ko > insmod: error inserting 'drivers/scsi/ciss.ko': -1 Invalid module format You can get an error message here from `dmseg`, I think. > [root@testmonkey linux-2.6]# gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42) > > [root@testmonkey linux-2.6]# uname -r > 2.6.26 > > I built inside the tree. Any thoughts? Seems that you try to do insmod a module built for 2.6.27-rc1 into 2.6.26? -- 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
