Re: promise sx8 sata driver

[Jeff Garzik]

Chris Haumesser wrote:
> I don't understand either.  The Promise driver (I think this is carmel?)
> found at
> http://www.promise.com/support/download/download2_eng.asp?productID=125&category=all&os=100#
> seems to be GPL.  I haven't tested it extensively yet, but it appears to
> provide scsi device nodes that grub recognizes readily.
>
> Why are there two GPL driver projects for this card, and what is the
> difference?  Is there something wrong with promise's driver, or
> inherently superior in the kernel driver?  How is one supposed to
> choose?  There is very little documentation for either driver, so it is
> quite unclear which is appropriate for a given application.

Promise SX8 is not SCSI, and should not be a SCSI driver.

	Jeff



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