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cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.14

PATCH In review Eugene Syromyatnikov 2 participants 2 messages Sep 11, 2017

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PATCH v2 1/1 cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.14

During the Linux 4.14 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board support.

* man4/cciss.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention driver removal.
* man4/hpsa.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention list of boards that recognised since Linux 4.14.

Signed-off-by Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
---
 man4/cciss.4 |  7 +++++++
 man4/hpsa.4  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
man4/cciss.4 +7 -0
index e6ba93d..4b543ba 100644
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ cciss \- HP Smart Array block driver
 modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" commit 253d2464df446456c0bba5ed4137a7be0b278aa8
+.BR Note :
+This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.14,
+as it is superseded by
+.BR hpsa (4)
+driver in newer kernels.
+.PP
 .B cciss
 is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.
 .SS Options
man4/hpsa.4 +26 -0
index 63000bf..64f4536 100644
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ driver supports the following Smart Array boards:
     Smart Array P711m
     StorageWorks P1210m
 .fi
+.PP
+.\" commit 135ae6edeb51979d0998daf1357f149a7d6ebb08
+Since Linux 4.14, the following Smart Array boards are also supported:
+.PP
+.nf
+    Smart Array 5300
+    Smart Array 5312
+    Smart Array 532
+    Smart Array 5i
+    Smart Array 6400
+    Smart Array 6400 EM
+    Smart Array 641
+    Smart Array 642
+    Smart Array 6i
+    Smart Array E200
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E500
+    Smart Array P400
+    Smart Array P400i
+    Smart Array P600
+    Smart Array P700m
+    Smart Array P800
+.fi
 .SS Configuration details
 To configure HP Smart Array controllers,
 use the HP Array Configuration Utility (either
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Syromyatnikov [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 7:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]; Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>; Martin K. Petersen <[email protected]>; Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>; James Bottomley <[email protected]>; Don Brace <[email protected]>; Meelis Roos <[email protected]>; linux- [email protected]
Subject: [man-pages PATCH v2] cciss.4, hpsa.4: mention cciss removal in Linux 4.14

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During the Linux 4.14 development cycle, cciss driver has been removed in flavor to hpsa driver that has been amended with some legacy board support.

* man4/cciss.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention driver removal.
* man4/hpsa.4 (.SH DESCRIPTION): Mention list of boards that recognised since Linux 4.14.

Quoted 5 lines
Signed-off-by Eugene Syromyatnikov <[email protected]>
---
 man4/cciss.4 |  7 +++++++
 man4/hpsa.4  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
Acked-by Don Brace <[email protected]>

Nice find.
Thanks for the patch.

Thanks,
Don Brace
ESC - Smart Storage
Microsemi Corporation

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man4/cciss.4 +7 -0
index e6ba93d..4b543ba 100644
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ cciss \- HP Smart Array block driver
 modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" commit 253d2464df446456c0bba5ed4137a7be0b278aa8
+.BR Note :
+This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.14,
+as it is superseded by
+.BR hpsa (4)
+driver in newer kernels.
+.PP
 .B cciss
 is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.
 .SS Options
man4/hpsa.4 +26 -1
index 63000bf..64f4536 100644
@@ -52,6 +52,32 @@ driver supports the following Smart Array boards:
     Smart Array P711m
     StorageWorks P1210m
 .fi
+.PP
+.\" commit 135ae6edeb51979d0998daf1357f149a7d6ebb08
+Since Linux 4.14, the following Smart Array boards are also supported:
+.PP
+.nf
+    Smart Array 5300
+    Smart Array 5312
+    Smart Array 532
+    Smart Array 5i
+    Smart Array 6400
+    Smart Array 6400 EM
+    Smart Array 641
+    Smart Array 642
+    Smart Array 6i
+    Smart Array E200
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E200i
+    Smart Array E500
+    Smart Array P400
+    Smart Array P400i
+    Smart Array P600
+    Smart Array P700m
+    Smart Array P800
+.fi
 .SS Configuration details
 To configure HP Smart Array controllers,
 use the HP Array Configuration Utility (either
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