Re: CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu release cycles
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 05:16:28PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Dec 10, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> > Both of these situations sound like things that should get solved by
> > rewriting the vendor/O-O-T code and including it in mainline
> > Linux/etc, is there any chance of that happening? Or alternatively,
> The Fibre Channel drivers ARE all upstreamed, it's just that the inbox
> drivers (i.e. distributed with the OS, in vendors speak) are not
> qualified to receive support (and may be buggy, even in RHEL).
> Storage vendors provide a support matrix with supported releases of the
> storage firmware, FC switches firmware, network adapter firmware, OS and
> OS driver. Anything else may not receive support.
>
> > for significant future hardware acquisitions, require mainline support
> > before purchase.
> Obviously, but I am not aware of any such FC/FCoE hardware (not just the
> network adapters, but also the storages).
Acknowledge on that problem.
Do know that it can and must be solved by wallet.
So do talk with your purchase department.
Regards
Geert Stappers
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