From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965115AbVLVHXy (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:23:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965107AbVLVHXy (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:23:54 -0500 Received: from mail.gurulabs.com ([67.137.148.7]:36548 "EHLO mail.gurulabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965102AbVLVHXx (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:23:53 -0500 Subject: Re: ETA for Areca RAID driver (arcmsr) in mainline? From: Dax Kelson To: Lee Revell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1135235065.439.25.camel@mindpipe> References: <1135228831.4122.15.camel@mentorng.gurulabs.com> <1135229681.439.23.camel@mindpipe> <1135232812.4122.20.camel@mentorng.gurulabs.com> <1135235065.439.25.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:24:16 -0700 Message-Id: <1135236256.4122.24.camel@mentorng.gurulabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 02:04 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 23:26 -0700, Dax Kelson wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 00:34 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 22:20 -0700, Dax Kelson wrote: > > > > I just got a shiny new (for me at least, the card has been out for > > > > months) Areca RAID card. > > > > > > > > The driver (arcmsr) is in the -mm kernel, but hasn't yet made it to the > > > > mainline kernel. I'm curious what remains to be done before this can > > > > happen? > > > > > > Well, often all that's needed are some user reports that the driver > > > works for them. > > > > > > Does it? > > > > According to google searches, yes. > > > > At one time there was an issue raised about stack consumption, but that > > appears fixed?? > > I meant, does it work for *you*? Like I said, I just barely got the card. I'm working on getting a custom installer built so I get find out the answer. If it was already in mainline I'd already have a system installed. :) Dax Kelson