Yes. Dell and our partners have been working on making this driver
open-source. We're in the "seriously-pound-it-until-you-find-most-bugs"
stage, and it's not quite ready for release. We understand the concern, and
are anxious to make this driver ready for everyone. Supporting binary-only
drivers (particularly with MODVERSIONS enabled) is really really hard, and
I'm looking forward to dropping that one from my list of worries.
Thanks,
Matt Domsch
Dell Enterprise Systems Group
Linux Development Team
-----Original Message-----
From: Byron Stanoszek <gandalf@winds.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:34:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Compiling Linux 2.2.16+ with Dell Proprietary PERC 3/Si Raid Device
I have a couple of Dell PowerEdge 4350 computers with a PERC 3/Si raid
controller installed as the boot device. I know about Dell's website that
has
a binary-only version of their percraid.o module, but they provide no means
of upgrading this kernel to 2.2.15 or 2.2.16 while using the same binary
driver.
Is there any chance that anyone is working on an open-source driver that can
be included into the kernel to enable support for this device in the future?
Any help is appreciated.
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Byron Stanoszek Ph: (330) 644-3059
Systems Programmer Fax: (330) 644-8110
Commercial Timesharing Inc. Email: bstanoszek@comtime.com
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