linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Unify sysfs filenames for firmware version

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Message-ID: <20071120223003.70b9e37d@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:30:03 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@...ptec.com>
Cc:	"Jonathan McDowell" <noodles@...th.li>,
	"James Smart" <James.Smart@...lex.Com>,
	<linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>, <Matt_Domsch@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unify sysfs filenames for firmware version

> > Management stuff always seems to be tied to a single card. It's one of
> > the things that puts me off hardware RAID.
> 
> There are 113 cards this driver works for in concert. Maybe my tail
> feathers are showing ;->

You might want to mention the card firmware in question run on 3 or 4
entirely different processors too

> > Do the management folks actually have some ideas about what sort of
> > interface they'd like in sysfs?
> 
> Simple answer:
> 	No
> 
> Detailed answer (I digress):

Linuxy answer:

Something like netlink

Alan
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