adding lsi MegaRaid SAS 8208ELP support to fusion
After messing around with various kernels and drivers, I finnaly got this adaptor to work by changing the define MPI_MANUFACTPAGE_DEVID_SAS1068E to (0x0059) from (0x0058) in
drivers/message/fusion/lsi/mpi_cnfg.h:553
I understand this is not the preferred method to say the least. However, it is the only way I could this adaptor running, also my tests show it to be stable...
Should I submit a proper patch? Shouldn't this card use the megaraid_sas driver ?!
Please indicate against which git url I should base my patch.
I am using 2.6.21.3 but I believe this change can be applied to any kernel/git.
thanks
lmg
Quoted 12 lines · Louis-Michel Gelinas
After messing around with various kernels and drivers, I finnaly got this adaptor to work by changing the define
MPI_MANUFACTPAGE_DEVID_SAS1068Eto (0x0059) from (0x0058) in
drivers/message/fusion/lsi/mpi_cnfg.h:553I understand this is not the preferred method to say the least. However,
it is the only way I could this adaptor running, also my tests show it to be stable...
Quoted 9 lines
Should I submit a proper patch? Shouldn't this card use the
megaraid_sas
driver ?!Please indicate against which git url I should base my patch.
I am using 2.6.21.3 but I believe this change can be applied to any kernel/git.
The driver that works with the (0x59) pci_device_id is megasr. You
will need to contact the megaraid folks to obtain those sources, as its not supplied in the linux kernel. Please don't supply any patch against fusion to support that, as I will reject it.
Eric Moore