Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965236AbVI1AgN (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:36:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751167AbVI1AgN (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:36:13 -0400 Received: from mail0.lsil.com ([147.145.40.20]:51448 "EHLO mail0.lsil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751166AbVI1AgM (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:36:12 -0400 Message-ID: <91888D455306F94EBD4D168954A9457C0438823C@nacos172.co.lsil.com> From: "Moore, Eric Dean" To: Luben Tuikov , Jeff Garzik Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , SCSI Mailing List Subject: RE: I request inclusion of SAS Transport Layer and AIC-94xx into the kernel Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:28:33 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.27) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 842 Lines: 31 On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:51 PM, Luben Tuikov wrote: > Christoph's code is > * MPT based only, > * doesn't follow a spec to save its life, > * far inferior in SAS capabilities and SAS representation > again, due to the fact that it is MPT based. > > Since the whole point of MPT is to _hide_ the transport. > Hi Luben, OK, Man are you alright? I've heard of other vendors planning to provide solutions where sas is implemented in firmware, similar to MPT. Christophs sas layer is going to work with other solutions, don't think of it being MPT centric. Later, Eric Moore - 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/