Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261729AbVCYSXn (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:23:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261730AbVCYSXm (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:23:42 -0500 Received: from grerelbul01.net.external.hp.com ([155.208.255.36]:17888 "EHLO grerelbul01.net.external.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261729AbVCYSXe (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:23:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:22:52 +0100 From: Bruno Cornec To: jejb@steeleye.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: tvignaud@mandrakesoft.com, Bruno.Cornec@hp.com Subject: megaraid driver (proposed patch) Message-ID: <20050325182252.GA4268@morley.grenoble.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Humor: Linux is to Windows what early music is to military music X-Operating-System: Linux morley.grenoble.hp.com 2.6.8.1-24mdk X-Current-Uptime: 19:03:52 up 21 days, 4:47, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.24, 0.25 X-HP-HOWTO-URL: http://www.HyPer-Linux.org/HP-HOWTO/current X-URL: http://eurolinux.grenoble.hp.com/ X-eurolinux: ftp://eurolinux.grenoble.hp.com/pub/linux User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1930 Lines: 48 Hello, I've noticed that since recent kernel versions, it's not possible anymore to use simultaneously new and old megaraid driver. It seems to have been introduced by that changeset: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/diffs/drivers/scsi/megaraid/Kconfig.megaraid@1.1??nav=index.html|src/.|src/drivers|src/drivers/scsi|src/drivers/scsi/megaraid|hist/drivers/scsi/megaraid/Kconfig.megaraid It particularly makes life of people developing kernel for distro difficult as it forces them to drop support for legacy hardware which is working just fine with 2.6, or to patch their own kernel build. As well it prevents simultaneous usage of new and old cards in the same system. Would you consider to apply the following patch proposed by Thierry Vignaud as a solution for the MandrakeSoft kernel in the mainstream 2.6 kernel ? Thanks in advance, Bruno. --- ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/Kconfig.megaraid 2005-03-02 08:37:49.000000000 +0100 +++ ./drivers/scsi/megaraid/Kconfig.megaraid 2005-03-25 18:36:37.809994244 +0100 @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called megaraid_mbox -if MEGARAID_NEWGEN=n config MEGARAID_LEGACY tristate "LSI Logic Legacy MegaRAID Driver" depends on PCI && SCSI @@ -75,4 +74,3 @@ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called megaraid -endif -- Linux Solution Consultant / Open Source Evangelist \ HP C&I EMEA ISG HP/Intel Solution Center http://hpintelco.net Hewlett-Packard Grenoble/France Des infos sur Linux? http://www.HyPer-Linux.org http://www.hp.com/linux La musique ancienne? http://www.musique-ancienne.org http://www.medieval.org - 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/