From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261685AbVBIImE (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:42:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261727AbVBIImE (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:42:04 -0500 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de ([130.149.17.13]:28068 "EHLO mail.cs.tu-berlin.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261685AbVBIIl7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Feb 2005 03:41:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:41:39 +0100 (MET) From: Peter Daum Reply-To: Peter Daum To: Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Adam Radford Subject: Re: 3ware driver (3w-xxxx) in 2.6.10: procfs entry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ... a little addendum: while the mentioned "experimental" tw_cli (2.00.00.042) provides at least basic functionality for some controllers (I mostly use 8506-8) it does not work at all with 8506-4 controllers (It just complains "No controller found"). Regards, Peter Daum On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Peter Daum wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > > > It looks like in the 3ware driver the procfs entry "/proc/scsi/3w-xxxx" > > > > > has been removed (or actually moved to sysfs). > > > > > Unfortunately, this breaks all the (binary only )-: tools provided by > > > > > 3ware, which are indispensable for system maintenance. > > > > > > > > The change came from the driver maintainer at 3ware. Get the updated > > > > tools from their website. > > > > > > Which website do you mean? The programs in the download section of > > > "www.3ware.com" are just the ones that don't work anymore. > > > > It's there just a little hidden. Adam, any chance the new managment tools > > could be placed more promimently on the website? > > I guess you mean "3ware CLI (version 2.00.00.042+)"? > > If this is meant to replace all the other versions on the website, then > the presentation is definitely "suboptimal", because the only way to get > there is to explicitly request "experimental" software for the "9000 > series" which is kind of strange if you're just looking for basic > functionality for other controllers. > > At least on my 8506-controllers there are also some minor problems (e.g. > "info" doesn't work during a verify) which I thought was due to the fact > that the program is intended exclusively for 9000-controllers.