From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2003-12-22 19:45:35
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t....@co... wrote: >>Hi! >> >>Tim Tait wrote on 22.12.2003 05:39 MET: >> >> >>>Friedrich Lobenstock wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Tim Tait wrote on 21.12.2003 23:28 MET: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I am setting up a RAID-1 array on a Promise Ultra100-TX2 PCI IDE >>>>>controller[...] it is doing the initial syncing at only 3.3MB/sec, >>>>>which seem much to slow for a modern Ultra-DMA5 drives. [...] >>>>> >>>>>Searching the web I found some references to needing kernel support >>>>>for these controllers, and doesn't seems to be a known device to the >>>>>dl kernel in 1.0.2b. Also the boot log idicates the BIOS has these >>>>>drives set to pio mode. Yet the hdparm -t would lead me to believe >>>>>that UDMA is in fact working. There are on errors in the syslog. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>What if you give 1.1.x a try? >>>> >>>>ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/pub/mirror/devil-linux/devel/testing/ >>>>or >>>>ftp://ftp.devil-linux.org/pub/devel/testing/ >>>> >>>> >>>I tried 1.1.1 (12/21) but it didn't recognize the Promise chipset >>>either, and had the same results, syncs the mirrors at 3.3MB/s... >>> >>> >>Can you please investigate if there's a patch that adds support >>for this controller. >> >>PS: _Please_ use the internet style of replying ;-) >> >> >> > >I am looking into the kernel support options for the promise chipset, but I need to get my build machine back up first:) Been playing around with some distros and messed it up. I should mention I find the whole make environment in Linux very confusing, so bear with me. Is there a good primer somewhere? > >What other low-cost IDE controllers are people running software RAID-1 on with good success? >As far as top-posting, I thought I had, oops. Tough to break the habit, especially when everyone at work uses that in emails and the software defaults to it. Not that I object to it for email. > > I use the onboard controller (via chipset), it works just fine. Heiko |