Re: [Fwd: NWFS 2.2 question...]

From: Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 18:14:24 EST


John,

Thanks David Neufeld and Charles White from Compaq are already helping
track this down, and I've contacted the customer on-site and we are
working through the issues. An updated driver, however, is always
helpful.

Thanks,

:-)

Jeff

"Cagle, John" wrote:
>
> Please try the latest driver from:
>
> http://www.compaq.com/products/servers/linux/linux-drivers.html
>
> It's cpqarray v1.0.9, and has support for the Smart Array 3200 Array
> Controller. If this isn't the answer you were looking for, please let me
> know. It wasn't clear from the thread what the real problem is.
>
> Thanks,
> John Cagle
> Compaq ProLiant Linux Team
> john.cagle at compaq.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff V. Merkey [mailto:jmerkey@timpanogas.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:34 PM
> > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Arrays
> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: NWFS 2.2 question...]
> >
> > Can Compaq help with this?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Obviously, the symbolic handle names they advertise for the disk
> > > > controller are incorrect. Who out there owns the SMART2
> > Driver for
> > > > Linux? We need some help opening drives on it from
> > userspace. The file
> > > > globals.c has an array of these names. Please advise.
> > > >
> > > > Jeff
> > > >
> > > > ascott@humana.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I've pulled down the NWFS opensource stuff. It
> > compiled just fine. I'm
> > > > > trying to get this running on a RedHat 6.2 system with
> > over 130GB of
> > > > > attached storage. We need something other than ext2
> > for this box (it'll be
> > > > > dealing with files larger than 2GB). The only problem
> > I'm getting is it
> > > > > won't identify my disk drives. NWDISK sees md0 - md14
> > (to which have
> > > > > nothing attached). My stuff is all hanging off of a
> > Compaq 3200 controller
> > > > > (/dev/ida/c0dX). I checked through the globals.h file
> > and found a def for
> > > > > a Compaq SMART-2 controller, which the 3200 is
> > compatible with, but it made
> > > > > no difference. I'm not a kernel programmer, so
> > sloshing through the source
> > > > > code to find how it scans for drives and fixing it
> > myself would take years.
> > > > > If you can point me in the right direction, I'd
> > appreciate it a ton.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > andrew scott
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