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Subject: Re: mfiutil reports "PSTATE 0x0020" new drive state
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On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>> On 16 October 2010 02:18, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>=20
>=20
>    Check with LSI before you commit that; you might not understand
> the overall nuances of that value.

In all fairness, we're talking about an information reporting attribute, =
not an action attribute.  And yes, most of us in this discussion have =
been writing device drivers and working with vendors for years.

Scott