On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:19:07 -0500,
"Matt Avila" <mavila@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been following this discussion group for some time and am
> currently running kernel 2.4.9-13 w/ XFS 1.0.2 on an Intel board/CPU
> combo. I've also installed dual Emulex LP8000's that will be AL_PA
> connected to storage in the interim. Ill be moving these to FC_SW in
> the near future.
>
> My questions are I have a few choices in building the driver (for the
> fibre cards) either as a standalone module or to install it under the
> /usr/src/linux kernel subtree. Any suggestions on "best practices" for
> configuring this with XFS? Anyway, I've got a bit more than 1/2 TB
> that I'm just itching to format & run with.
Speaking for myself, not for SGI.
IMHO building the Emulex drivers into the kernel violates the GPL.
lpfc-i386.tar contains a binary only object (lpfcdriver) which is
copied to lpfcdriver.o then linked into the kernel. I discussed this
with Linus when Emulex first asked for help on linking their drivers
into the kernel, his response was unambiguous, binary only objects
linked into the kernel violate the GPL.
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