From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751153AbWIYM4S (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:56:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751155AbWIYM4S (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:56:18 -0400 Received: from sigint.cs.purdue.edu ([128.10.2.82]:226 "EHLO sigint.cs.purdue.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751153AbWIYM4R (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:56:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:56:16 -0400 From: linux@sigint.cs.purdue.edu To: Roman Glebov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Wakko Warner Subject: Re: megaraid question Message-ID: <20060925125616.GA15591@sigint.cs.purdue.edu> References: <20060925012909.A56E52963F@sleon.dyndns.org> <20060925015126.GA8764@animx.eu.org> <200609250417.41995.sleon@sleon.dyndns.org> <20060925105908.GA9897@animx.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060925105908.GA9897@animx.eu.org> X-Disclaimer: Any similarity to an opinion of Purdue is purely coincidental Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 06:59:08AM -0400, Wakko Warner wrote: > Roman Glebov wrote: > > > > Also i was told that there is a binary monitoring tool from lsi-logic page. > > > > But will it work with open source driver? > > I'm not sure about the program from LSI, but the one from Dell seems to work > with any megaraid controller (the one I do have happens to be a dell > megaraid card). The program I used from that package looks very similar to > the bios configuration tool and you can change disk layouts from within the > program while still in linux. The program from Dell is the same program you get from LSI. Yes, it does work with the kernel's "new generation" megaraid driver. Just make sure /dev/megadev0 is present.