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At some point hitherto, Chuck Young hath spake thusly:
> Jerry,
> 
> I think you have something there.
> 
> I had a hell of a time using the kernel modules for the adaptec raid
> controller under RHL 6.2 on a Dell power-edge a few years ago, and
> the support was a nightmare - I ended up getting it fixed on my own.
> Cost is king...

This isn't really Dell's fault...  When RH6.2 was current, the Adaptec
drivers were broken, thanks to the good folks at Adaptec (who insisted
they be allowed to take over maintenance of the driver around that
time, and immediately set about breaking the thing).  Some Linux
vendors (like VA Linux) had Linux kernel engineers on their team, and
had working kernels for that hardware.  I don't know if Dell had a
team of Windows driver developers on their staff, but it's a good bet
they didn't have Linux device driver developers on their team.  Given
how well the Linux kernel (usually) plays nice with popular hardware,
it would hardly be worth it for them to do so.

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