Thanks! I will test this patch monday or tuesday with 3x 6480 controllers. I'll let you know the results. Kind regards, Caspar > Hi, > The attached patch contains the fixes for SATA hot plugging, hot plug > in/out of drives (SAS/SATA) from Expander while IO is going on and tape > issues. > Try with attached patch and let me know the results. > Note: I have tested with only 64xx chipset. > > Srinivas. > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Bottomley > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:26 AM > To: Kristleifur Daðason > Cc: Orion Poplawski; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: MVSAS status > > On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 09:50 +0000, Kristleifur Daðason wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Orion Poplawski <orion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > >> > What's the status of the MVSAS patches posted in November '09? I'm >> just trying >> > to get started with mvsas and running into the mvs_abort_task issue. >> At least >> > one person has reported that stability improved, but it looks like >> there were >> > some other issues with the patches. Any chance on seeing this in the >> mainline >> > kernel soon? Are there updated versions? A git tree to pull from? >> > >> >> As far as I know, the patches from November were rejected because the >> patches themselves weren't solid enough - meaning there were some >> cross-references between each of the seven patches, things like that. >> The functionality was fine, at least a definite improvement. Ideally, >> there would have been another set of patches to top things up and >> really get everything running smoothly. > > There were two reasons for the reject. The first was that the series > just wasn't bisectable. This is annoying but not completely fatal, and > if it were a required bug fix I can just squash all the patches together > to apply to make a single commit. I hate doing this but I've done it > before with problem vendor patch series. > > The bigger problem was there were several reports of the rate of kernel > panics increasing with this patch series applied. If the patch series > is going to decrease stability, it's not worth applying. > > I can fix the first if someone can do a solid comparison and assure me > that the patch series does actually increase not decrease stability. > >> I haven't come across any patch traffic for the card after that November >> batch. > > Yes, Marvell has gone radio silent. > >> In the interests of getting these amazingly cheap and effective cards >> running properly on Linux, it would be extremely good if someone >> experienced with Linux patches would get involved in the matter with >> Mr. Andy Yan from Marvell, straighten things out, get the ball rolling >> and make the driver stick in mainline. When I emailed him, Mr. Yan was >> very helpful and sent me the patches and some info. I tried to fix the >> patches myself but was in over my head. And had no time. Etc. > > OK, I'll try 1:1 email with Marvell and Andy and see what comes out. > > 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 > > DISCLAIMER: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. > It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its > affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in > this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect > the opinions of HCL or its affiliates. > Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, > modification, distribution and / or publication of > this message without the prior written consent of the author of this > e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender > immediately. Before opening any mail and > attachments please check them for viruses and defect. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- 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
