Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:39:40 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux kernel compatability Message-ID: <D060AB04-CBDB-48A9-947D-6EB4797E62F3@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <4D24E5B6.8060904@feral.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101031017110.1450@desktop> <20110103220153.69cf59e0@kan.dnsalias.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101031859290.1450@desktop> <20110104082252.45bb5e7f@kan.dnsalias.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101041030120.1450@desktop> <20110105124045.6a0ddd1a@kan.dnsalias.net> <20110105175926.GA2101@vniz.net> <AANLkTinOQFXzP_S%2BRLaJnqPAszAgs1Z7DPaRj6DywT1V@mail.gmail.com> <4D24E5B6.8060904@feral.com>
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On Jan 5, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Matthew Jacob wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 >>>=20 >>> BTW, I have nothing against having source level Linux compatibility = in >>> some places, because resulting binary will be FreeBSD one in any = case, but >>> I'm strongly against executable binary compatibility level. >>=20 >=20 > Hmm. Well, that's a non-starter. Storage vendors provide tools for = Linux and Windows. That's it. Those tools have to be used on FreeBSD. = Therefore, binary execution of such tools, and the infrastructure to = support that, is pretty much mandatory. Areca provides FreeBSD tools LSI provides FreeBSD tools Adaptec used to provide FreeBSD tools for most of their stuff, back when = they were still around/relevant Highpoint provides FreeBSD tools Who am I missing... Emulex I guess, but they provide nothing for = FreeBSD. PMC maybe, but I'm waiting to see how their integration with = the Adaptec assets goes before I pass judgement. Marvell doesn't, but = they don't sell into the channel anyways, only to integrators, and their = chips tend to be used for crummy software storage stacks. Qlogic, JNI, = and other FC players, maybe? The shortage of enterprise FC vendor = support is disappointing, but I think that FreeBSD has a lot more = deficiencies in that area than just vendor support. In any case, there is definitely a lot more that "zero" vendor support = for native FreeBSD tools. It lacks in the low-end BIOS-based softraid, = and it lacks in the high-end FC area, but the middle is covered quite = well, IMHO. Scott
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