[man-pages PATCH] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.13

[man-pages PATCH] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.13

[Eugene Syromyatnikov]

During the Linux 4.13 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed
in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board
support.

* man4/cciss.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention driver removal.
* man4/hpsa.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention list of boards that recognised
since Linux 4.13.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
 man4/cciss.4 |  7 +++++++
 man4/hpsa.4  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man4/cciss.4 b/man4/cciss.4
index e6ba93d..ff4c248 100644
--- a/man4/cciss.4
+++ b/man4/cciss.4
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ cciss \- HP Smart Array block driver
 modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" commit 253d2464df446456c0bba5ed4137a7be0b278aa8
+.BR Note :
+This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.13,
+as it is superseded by
+.BR hpsa (4)
+driver in newer kernels.
+.PP
 .B cciss
 is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.
 .SS Options
diff --git a/man4/hpsa.4 b/man4/hpsa.4
index 63000bf..9b7fd82 100644
--- a/man4/hpsa.4
+++ b/man4/hpsa.4
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ driver supports the following Smart Array boards:
     Smart Array P711m
     StorageWorks P1210m
 .fi
+.PP
+.\" commit 135ae6edeb51979d0998daf1357f149a7d6ebb08
+Since Linux 4.13, the following Smart Array boards are also supported:
+.PP
+.nf
+    Smart Array 5300
+    Smart Array 5312
+    Smart Array 532
+    Smart Array 5i
+    Smart Array 6400
+    Smart Array 6400 EM
+    Smart Array 641
+    Smart Array 642
+    Smart Array 6i
+    Smart Array E200
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E500
+    Smart Array P400
+    Smart Array P400i
+    Smart Array P600
+    Smart Array P700m
+    Smart Array P800
+.fi
 .SS Configuration details
 To configure HP Smart Array controllers,
 use the HP Array Configuration Utility (either
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Re: [man-pages PATCH] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.13

[Meelis Roos]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Eugene Syromyatnikov wrote:

> During the Linux 4.13 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed
> in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board
> support.

It's gone in 4.14 - 4.13 works the old way.

> 
> * man4/cciss.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention driver removal.
> * man4/hpsa.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention list of boards that recognised
> since Linux 4.13.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@gmail.com>
> ---
>  man4/cciss.4 |  7 +++++++
>  man4/hpsa.4  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man4/cciss.4 b/man4/cciss.4
> index e6ba93d..ff4c248 100644
> --- a/man4/cciss.4
> +++ b/man4/cciss.4
> @@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ cciss \- HP Smart Array block driver
>  modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]
>  .fi
>  .SH DESCRIPTION
> +.\" commit 253d2464df446456c0bba5ed4137a7be0b278aa8
> +.BR Note :
> +This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.13,
> +as it is superseded by
> +.BR hpsa (4)
> +driver in newer kernels.
> +.PP
>  .B cciss
>  is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.
>  .SS Options
> diff --git a/man4/hpsa.4 b/man4/hpsa.4
> index 63000bf..9b7fd82 100644
> --- a/man4/hpsa.4
> +++ b/man4/hpsa.4
> @@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ driver supports the following Smart Array boards:
>      Smart Array P711m
>      StorageWorks P1210m
>  .fi
> +.PP
> +.\" commit 135ae6edeb51979d0998daf1357f149a7d6ebb08
> +Since Linux 4.13, the following Smart Array boards are also supported:
> +.PP
> +.nf
> +    Smart Array 5300
> +    Smart Array 5312
> +    Smart Array 532
> +    Smart Array 5i
> +    Smart Array 6400
> +    Smart Array 6400 EM
> +    Smart Array 641
> +    Smart Array 642
> +    Smart Array 6i
> +    Smart Array E200
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E200i
> +    Smart Array E500
> +    Smart Array P400
> +    Smart Array P400i
> +    Smart Array P600
> +    Smart Array P700m
> +    Smart Array P800
> +.fi
>  .SS Configuration details
>  To configure HP Smart Array controllers,
>  use the HP Array Configuration Utility (either
> 

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Re: [man-pages PATCH] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.13

[Eugene Syromyatnikov]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee> wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Eugene Syromyatnikov wrote:
>
>> During the Linux 4.13 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed
>> in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board
>> support.
>
> It's gone in 4.14 - 4.13 works the old way.

Uhh, my bad, sorry: forgot to add --contain to git describe. I'll
resend the patch.

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Re: [man-pages PATCH] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.13

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Eugene,

On 11 September 2017 at 14:36, Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Meelis Roos <mroos-Y27EyoLml9s@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Eugene Syromyatnikov wrote:
>>
>>> During the Linux 4.13 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed
>>> in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board
>>> support.
>>
>> It's gone in 4.14 - 4.13 works the old way.
>
> Uhh, my bad, sorry: forgot to add --contain to git describe. I'll
> resend the patch.

Too late. I'll fix manually.

Cheers,

Michael



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