RE: HP (Compaq) Smart Array 5xxx controller SCSI driver

From: Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
Date: Fri Aug 08 2008 - 11:32:47 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: FUJITA Tomonori [mailto:fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:08 PM
> To: Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
> Cc: fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: HP (Compaq) Smart Array 5xxx controller SCSI driver
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:04:54 +0000
> "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: FUJITA Tomonori [mailto:fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:07 AM
> > > To: Miller, Mike (OS Dev)
> > > Cc: fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: HP (Compaq) Smart Array 5xxx controller SCSI driver
> > >
> > > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +0000
> > > "Miller, Mike (OS Dev)" <Mike.Miller@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > > As for the patches I mentioned which were previously
> > > ignored for
> > > > > > improving how the current cciss SCSI code handled hot
> > > plogging, if
> > > > > > you're curious about that, check here:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=120213565000426&w=4
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A change like that becomes more important if logical drives
> > > > > > are exposed through the scsi layer.
> > > > >
> > > > > We need to think about the best way to map (expose)
> logical and
> > > > > physical drivers to SCSI luns. As I wrote before, I'm
> > > interested in
> > > > > how HP SCSI driver does.
> > > >
> > > > We don't neccesarily want or need to expose the physical
> > > disks. The only exception is disks that are not part of a logical
> > > volume. If the disks are part of a logical volume but exposed the
> > > user may shoot themselves in the foot by destroying the firmware
> > > metadata.
> > >
> > > Oops, sorry, I meant physical tape drives.
> > >
> >
> > Tomo,
> > I patched your driver into the 2.6.27-rc1 kernel. After
> compiling the driver I get:
> >
> > [root@testmonkey linux-2.6]# insmod drivers/scsi/ciss.ko
> > insmod: error inserting 'drivers/scsi/ciss.ko': -1 Invalid module
> > format
>
> You can get an error message here from `dmseg`, I think.
>
>
> > [root@testmonkey linux-2.6]# gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20071124
> > (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)
> >
> > [root@testmonkey linux-2.6]# uname -r
> > 2.6.26
> >
> > I built inside the tree. Any thoughts?
>
> Seems that you try to do insmod a module built for 2.6.27-rc1
> into 2.6.26?

Duh. Well that was pretty stupid.
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