Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:41:10 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: 3-Ware Raid driver fails to update GenDisk head |
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:45:35AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote: > 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
OK, OK. I get it. Sorry for the digs ....
:-)
Jeff
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