Re: [aclug-L] LSI and Linux

["Greg House" <ghouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> For the record, LSI has taken over maintaining the NCR/Symbios/LSI SCSI
>> drivers for Linux.  I think it's rather cool that LSI has recognized
Linux
>> and is contributing to the Linux community.  I'm hearing talk that some
>> folks here are pushing to get Linux added to our certification program
for
>> the array devices.
>
>Wow, that's pretty nifty!  When I was working there, Linux was
>basically shrugged off.  Great to hear that it's getting some
>attention!


It's getting attention there because it's getting popular.  If they think
they can sell some arrays by having done the work to make sure it works,
someone's going to do it.  But if the platform's viewed as a nitch market,
it won't get much attention.

I've had a couple of people ask me whether our arrays will will work on VMS
the last couple of weeks.  The answer is always the same, nobody knows and
there isn't enough market to bother trying it unless someone can come up
with a customer with a big enough potential order (which probably isn't
going to happen).  Linux is getting a lot of media attention, so people are
asking about it.  That mean we're pluggin things up in the lab to see how
they run.

Speaking of which, I'll be testing our fibrechannel arrays with Linux
sometime in the next couple of weeks...

Greg