cpqarrayd for Debian
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kernels:
This package is reported to work with recent (at the time of this
writing, so probably anything you might be using) 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.

Upstream states that it is important that this utility be built against
the version of the kernel headers (cciss driver headers in particular)
that it is intended to be used with. This is because it references
the kernel's cciss_ioctl.h header file and the author cannot be sure
that the ioctls and structs provided by that header won't change in
future versions. However, I have found the ida and cciss interfaces
to be very stable and haven't run into a kernel that doesn't work.

If you encounter a situation where this daemon does not work with your
kernel please file a bug.

I have structured the source package to depend on linux-source-2.6
(or a more specific version as a hint to automated build processes)
and be able to deal with whichever package fulfills the requirement.
I build against the most recent linux-source-2.6.* in unstable at
build time.

archs:
I have tested using an Embedded Smart Array 5i+ (on a dl360) on i386
using 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. While this package may build on other archs
and you may be able to plug in a PCI version of the controller, I have
not tested it. I have set Architecture to any with the hope that people
will try it. If you do please send me your results and I will include
them.

usage:
I would like to include some examples of how to benefit from using
cpqarrayd, things like log watcher and snmp utility configuration
example. If you have any good ideas please send them to me and I will
include them.

 -- Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org>
    Last updated: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:26:10 -0800