Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264259AbTKKFa3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:30:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264260AbTKKFa3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:30:29 -0500 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.103]:7913 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264259AbTKKFa2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:30:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:30:14 -0800 From: Patrick Mansfield To: Joseph Shamash Cc: Mike Fedyk , Peter Chubb , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2 TB partition support Message-ID: <20031110213014.A2274@beaverton.ibm.com> References: <16304.23206.924374.529136@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from info@avistor.com on Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:03:53PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 697 Lines: 22 On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:03:53PM -0800, Joseph Shamash wrote: > The limitation we have found in 2.6 is lack FC HBA drivers which > are needed to support large storage capacities. > > Any thoughts? Please clarify "lack FC HBA drivers". You mean no in kernel drivers? Yeh. The qlogic (qla2xxx) driver is not in the kernel, but is available for use with 2.6. Martin Bligh included an emulex driver in his last 2.6 patch set. -- Patrick Mansfield - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/