chrism at imntv.com spake the following on 8/24/2006 12:11 PM: > Scott Silva wrote: >> Troy Engel spake the following on 8/24/2006 10:09 AM: >> >>> Jim Perrin wrote: >>> >>>>> That is a 4.3 kernel. Joshua said that as of *4.4* the updated bits >>>>> will be included in the kernel. 4.4 is a week or two off, I believe. >>>>> >>>> because it's related to a security update. the -42.0.2 kernel does >>>> indeed "Just Work" with the 9550 cards, so you should be able to >>>> >>> I decided to give it a go on my 9500S-12 machine. I was running -34.0.2 >>> with the downloaded driver; my machine hung on reboot to -42.0.2, but a >>> hard poweroff/poweron cycle fixed that nonsense; it had hung booting the >>> initial initrd load on the new kernel. (just some FYI for remote >>> rebooters). >>> >>> Drivers: >>> 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp: v2.26.02.001 >>> 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp: v2.26.04.010 >>> >>> I was previously running v2.26.04.009 tarball, so a small upgrade came >>> with the kernel. I just looked at 3ware.com, and this new driver version >>> isn't downloadable yet. Hmmm. >>> >>> -te >>> >>> >> Strange .. I have 2 systems with 9500s-4LP's and they rebooted fine. >> > > I wonder if you guys might have different firmware revs. > > I cajoled my system integrator into sending me both 9500 and 9550 cards > so I can decide which works better for us and send the extras back. > The 9550 allegedly has better performance for RAID5 so I'm hoping those > work out OK. > > Cheers, I had to use the 9500's because of the servers they were put in. They are too old for PCI-X. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!