Subject: Re: aix7xxx problems with negotiating "Ultra" speeds....
To: Noriyuki Soda <soda@sra.co.jp>
From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/09/1998 19:52:13
On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Noriyuki Soda wrote:
> > > > It would be great, if both, old and new drivers could coexist, though,
> > > > to ease the transition to CAM. Is this technically possible?
> > >
> > > Yes.
>
> > Probably not running at the same time, tho.
>
> Hm, I don't think so.
> Of course the drivers which handle same HBA cannot run at the same time.
> But, otherwise (e.g. the drivers which handle different HBA), both julian
> and CAM scsi middle layer can run at the same time.
> Am I misunderstanding something ?
The CAM code also includes target drivers. The paradigms are
somewhat different.
It's possible to have config options that compile different classes of
files based upon CAM or not-CAM, but doubtful to support them both in the
same kernel at the same time.
-matt