Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Support for Promise Ultra100 IDE controller?

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> 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.

Tim

> 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 ;-)
> 
> -- 
> MfG / Regards
> Friedrich Lobenstock
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