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Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks
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Gerd Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:07:48 +0100 |
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On 03/08/12 09:54, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> On 08.03.2012 11:44, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>> OK, but SAS (Serial attached SCSI) is technology in the area of storage
>>> interface technology where all big storage vendors see future (e.g. they
>>> give up: FC and SATA drives, SATA drives are replaced by MDL SATA drives
>>> (SATA 7200RPM drives with SAS interface)).
>>
>> The problem isn't scsi. The problem is the lsi adapter. Problem #1 is
>> the hardware design which makes it hard to emulate it correctly and #2
>> that you need a non-redistributable rom file to boot from it.
>
> #2 isn't an issue actually, at least for Debian users --
Well, it is, to some degree. Because vanilla upstream doesn't support
booting from lsi it has alot less users and alot less regression testing
(like autotest runs of lsi-scsi installs), which sums up to more bugs
staying unnoticed like the one which triggered this thread.
cheers,
Gerd
- [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Brian Jackson, 2012/03/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerd Hoffmann, 2012/03/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Michael Tokarev, 2012/03/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks,
Gerd Hoffmann <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerd Hoffmann, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerhard Wiesinger, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Gerd Hoffmann, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Kevin O'Connor, 2012/03/09
- Re: [Qemu-devel] XP install cores with SCSI LSI 53C895A disks, Brian Jackson, 2012/03/09