Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:30:03 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unify sysfs filenames for firmware version
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> > Management stuff always seems to be tied to a single card. It's one of
> > the things that puts me off hardware RAID.
> 
> There are 113 cards this driver works for in concert. Maybe my tail
> feathers are showing ;->

You might want to mention the card firmware in question run on 3 or 4
entirely different processors too

> > Do the management folks actually have some ideas about what sort of
> > interface they'd like in sysfs?
> 
> Simple answer:
> 	No
> 
> Detailed answer (I digress):

Linuxy answer:

Something like netlink

Alan
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