linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [SCSI] mpt fusion: add support for 0x1000/0x0055

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:08:18 -0700
From:	adam radford <aradford@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Eric Moore <Eric.Moore@....com>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	"Nandigama, Nagalakshmi" <Nagalakshmi.Nandigama@....com>,
	DL-MPTFusionLinux@....com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] [SCSI] mpt fusion: add support for 0x1000/0x0055

On 7/27/12, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, Jiri Kosina wrote:
>
>> The device identifies itself as
>>
>> 0d:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068 PCI-X
>> Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 01) Subsystem: NEC Corporation SAS1068
>>
>> and seems to be functionally compatible with 0x0054 PID.
>>
>> The request for support of this device has been raised on mailinglists
>> several
>> times in the past (see [1] [2] and more), but aparently the PCI ID never
>> made it
>> to mptsas_pci_table[].
>>
>> [1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/63836
>> [2] http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0701.2/1715.html
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
>> ---
>>
>>
>> I guess the "Subsystem: NEC Corporation" is telling us some rebranding
>> story, including the PID change ... ?
>
> Hi guys,
>
> any feedback on this please?
>
> Thanks.

NACK.

Vendor 0x1000, Device id 0x0055 is actually an old LSI MegaRAID 1068
based software raid board.  This device was never qualified nor
intended to be used with the mpt fusion driver.

-Adam
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