I do not take issue with RAID SW being different from HBA IT mode SW.
I do not take issue with past JBOD mode of RAID software doing a poor job and causing issues, some many years ago.
I am somewhat surprised that there is not a test suite developed by IX system or this open-source community to
validate the required functionality of this mode of operation of these cards that convert SATA/SAS to PCI. Without
a test suite and a failed test case, there is nothing for Broadcom to target fixes and validate new SW for new cards.
While the hobby community could be happy with "these old cards work when reflashed with this old sw", I thought IX systems was trying to sell to big enterprises. The core technology of ZFS only works with this old HW using old SW, can't help their perception of a serious company.
This exchange started with me asking if things were still the same.
You responded, " why would you think otherwise? " and "I truly would like to understand the thought process here".
Well, I expected SW to evolve driven by failed test cases.
Can anyone offer specific things that can be checked? ie the beginnings of a test case.
I do not take issue with past JBOD mode of RAID software doing a poor job and causing issues, some many years ago.
I am somewhat surprised that there is not a test suite developed by IX system or this open-source community to
validate the required functionality of this mode of operation of these cards that convert SATA/SAS to PCI. Without
a test suite and a failed test case, there is nothing for Broadcom to target fixes and validate new SW for new cards.
While the hobby community could be happy with "these old cards work when reflashed with this old sw", I thought IX systems was trying to sell to big enterprises. The core technology of ZFS only works with this old HW using old SW, can't help their perception of a serious company.
This exchange started with me asking if things were still the same.
You responded, " why would you think otherwise? " and "I truly would like to understand the thought process here".
Well, I expected SW to evolve driven by failed test cases.
Can anyone offer specific things that can be checked? ie the beginnings of a test case.