[ogb-discuss] [driver-discuss] Project proposal - Integration

[Alan DuBoff]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, David Gwynne wrote:

> Yes, Sun is very active, which is great, but not relevant here.

Actually it is...read on...

> Sun and OpenSolaris are supposed to be separate and I'm trying to deal 
> with the OpenSolaris community. There is no project in OpenSolaris 
> relating to LSI or the megasas driver. If you think there should be then 
> submit a proposal like I did for the integration of the mfi driver.

They are seperate, but the community is fortunate that Sun had been and is 
still working on it. Existing ARC cases can prevent you from getting a 
similar driver putback, and Sun does have ARC cases for the work that has 
been going on with the LSI driver, AFAIK. So, while it is seperate, 
history can't be changed and there was work going on and much of that work 
is still going on. Unfortunately this is not an either/or situation.

> Whether mfi is integrated is up to the OpenSolaris community. From what 
> I can tell they are rather positive about mfi but the apparent confusion 
> about Sun's role in OpenSolaris, and this ongoing negotiation they're 
> doing with LSI seems to keep anything from happening when it really 
> shouldn't matter.

I would say that some people are positive.

The ARC is still the deciding factor of allowing something from even being 
able to go in.

BTW, does your driver support sparc as well?

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Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group