Description of problem: latest 3ware controller firmware wants driver version 1.02.37, but fedora uses driver version 1.02.36. the problem is that 3ware states on its homepage the actual firmware for the 7000 controller wants 1.02.37. it would be great to have the new version with a forthcoming fedora-core 2.4-kernel (2.6 uses 1.02.36). ps.: the newer versions compiles fine and works on my 7000 controller. but i dont now what happens if i would try to use the fedora-driver. cheers josef
Created attachment 97099 [details] original driver from 3ware
Created attachment 97100 [details] diff onto 2.4.22-1.2149
Confirming. 3Ware also recommends installing the latest driver when doing firmware upgrades and the latest firmware is newer than the driver which ships with Fedora.
unfortunatly this means that existing users will find after upgrading that they needed to flash newer firmware too. WONTFIX.
I've contacted 3Ware and the answers I've received from them suggest reopening this bug. Here's the answer of their support engineer: Hi, Aleksander From a technical support stand point we recommend to use matching code sets. For example. The 7.7.0 software release is made up of the following code sets: Firmware 1.05.00.065 Driver 1.02.00.037 3DM 1.13.00.029 7.6.3 Software release is made up of: Firmware 1.05.00.056 Driver 1.02.00.036 3DM 1.13.00.028 And so on.... And so on. You can have the oldest firmware with a 7500-8/4/12/7000-2 or 7506-8/4/12/7006-2 and run the latest driver 1.02.00.037. It will function how ever it has not been tested. Once up and running we recommend to update accordingly (yes including firmware). The same goes for an old 8500 series controller. The 7500/7506 series controller share the same software release. The 8500/8506 series controller also share the same software release. Thanks Best Regards, Victor Pacheco Technical Support Engineer 455 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, Ca 94085 Main: 408-523-1000 Direct: 408-523-1091 Support:1-800-945-7273 Fax: 408-523-1080 www.AMCC.com vpacheco -----Original Message----- From: Aleksander Adamowski [aleksander.adamowski] Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:51 AM To: Victor Pacheco Subject: Re: Newer 3ware-driver with older firmware? Victor Pacheco wrote: >>Victor, >> >>Feel free to post 3ware comments to Bugzilla >>The 7000 has no broken backward or forward firmware/driver compatibility issues. >>The only difference between .036 and .037 (as stated in change log at top of 3w-xxxx.c): >>- Fix tw_ioctl() to handle all non-data ATA passthru cmds for 'smartmontools' support. >>Nothing else has changed, and certainly not any compatibility breakage. >> >> OK, I'll post that, but I have only 2 more questions: * what about 8000 and 8500 series controllers? We have 8506-4 and 8506-8 on 2 servers. In general, coule there be backward/forward compatibility issues with _any_ of controllers supported by that driver (I think this is what Redhat people had in mind, all 3Ware controllers, not only 7000)? * Fedora Core 1 uses .036 driver, but Redhat Enterprise Linux uses .033 driver. Is it ok to upgrade .033 to .0.37 without having to update the firmware? If yes, then the Enterprise Linux driver could be freely updated too by Redhat people.