Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:45:35 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: 3-Ware Raid driver fails to update GenDisk head |
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On Mon, Apr 23 2001, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:13:12PM +0200, Guest section DW wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:55:00PM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:47:01PM +0200, Guest section DW wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:08:52PM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I am still working on this, but would appreciate some help from > > > > > whomever owns this driver proper. I have discovered that the > > > > > 3Ware drivers are not updating the gendisk_head with devices > > > > > reported and exposed to user space as /dev/sda, sdb, etc. > > > > > > > > But that is the job of sd.c, not of a driver. > > > > > > These drivers are an IDE driver that simulates a SCSI interface. It > > > reported IDE devices as SCSI handles, so there's some holes. I guess > > > you were not aware of this, or you would have known that standard sd.c > > > is not working. > > > > Just like ide-scsi.c you mean? > > No. They're not that clean and well organized, though they are rather > clever adapters and are pretty cool.
Come on Jeff, what Andries is saying is that it _works_ like ide-scsi. It registers itself as a SCSI hba like a "regular" SCSI card, hence it uses the SCSI infrastructure -- alas, disks driven by sd.c
-- Jens Axboe
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