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On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 01:34:41PM -0400, joe.derosa.b1@×××××.com wrote: |
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> After doing some poking around, |
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> None of the modules (including megaraid) detect any hardware. |
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> It appears that the embedded controller is a 7899 dual channel controller, that |
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> can have one channel use hardware raid. The bios banner calls the controller a |
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> "Power Edge Expandable 3/Si Bios 2.5-0". If I disable raid, the drives all show |
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> up as individual drives on the 7899 channel A using the AIC7xxx controller. |
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> Reading in the kernel source, a couple of the drivers (old an new AIC7xxx) |
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> mention that then specifically don't work with the hardware raid controller, but |
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> none of them say they do. So, I can get the drives to work by disabling raid, |
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> or moving to channel B, but I would like the hardware raid for speed. |
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I'll email Justin Gibbs and see if he can give us any insight. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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