=Comment: #0================================================= Emily J. Ratliff <ratliff.com> - 1. Feature Overview: Feature Id: [201707] a. Name of Feature: Include a new driver - lin_tape - for supporting the IBM Tape Library. b. Feature Description lin_tape is a newly open sourced driver for supporting IBM's tape libraries. This driver is planned to be submitted to kernel.org for inclusion in 3Q/08. 2. Feature Details: Sponsor: PPC Architectures: ppc64 Arch Specificity: Purely Common Code Affects Kernel Modules: Yes Delivery Mechanism: Device Driver Category: Device Drivers and IO Request Type: Driver - New - Open Source d. Upstream Acceptance: In Progress Sponsor Priority 1 f. Severity: High IBM Confidential: no Code Contribution: IBM code g. Component Version Target: 2.6 29 3. Business Case IBM tape libraries used to be supported via proprietary binaries online. This is to convert the support from proprietary to the open source distributor release model for better customer support. 4. Primary contact at Red Hat: John Jarvis jjarvis 5. Primary contacts at Partner: Project Management Contact: Stephanie Glass, sglass.com, 512-838-9284 Technical contact(s): Daisy Chang, daisyc.com Malahal Naineni, naineni.com IBM Manager: Wendel Voigt, wvoigt.com
It is now Q4/2008, has this driver been submitted upstream?
Again, has this driver been submitted upstream? If so, please provide upstream status and a link to the commit. Also, does this driver require installer support and if so, has an Anaconda feature request been opened?
(In reply to comment #5) > Again, has this driver been submitted upstream? If so, please provide upstream > status and a link to the commit. Also, does this driver require installer > support and if so, has an Anaconda feature request been opened? > No, it has not been submitted yet. Brett is writing the driver (actually modifying it to fit mainline) and it will at least take 3 more months to submit anything to the upstream. I don't think it requires installer support, but I will check with Brett to make sure that it is the case!
Please be aware that the upstream acceptance deadline for 5.4 is January 26, 2009. I would say this feature is definitely at risk for not making 5.4.
IBM is signed up to test and provide feedback.
This feature is going to come too late for RHEL 5.4. Please defer this to RHEL 5.5. Thanks, Stephanie
removing from 5.4 tracker, placing on 5.5
Closing as DEFERRED based on comment 6
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 512194 ***