From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 21:29:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6E7116A4CE for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:29:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2137443D6B for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:29:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from [194.192.25.143] (laptop.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.143]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9VLTGZB059724; Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:29:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <4185590B.3030300@DeepCore.dk> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:28:43 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (X11/20040802) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Jakubik References: <4809.192.168.0.188.1099250716.squirrel@192.168.0.188> In-Reply-To: <4809.192.168.0.188.1099250716.squirrel@192.168.0.188> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.4 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Supported ATA RAID controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:29:21 -0000 Mike Jakubik wrote: > Where can i find a list of supported software ATA RAID (on motherboard > chipsets) controllers for FreeBSD 5.3? I checked the hardware notes for= > 5.3-RC2 but there is nothing specific, the man page for ata is not too > clear either, and there is no man page for ar. Can someone point me to = the > right resource? The only one with true FreeBSD support is Promise. The nextbest bet is=20 Highpoint but they changed formats a few times lately I'm not sure about = those. RAID5 modes are not supported on any of them though. For other chipsets the matter gets moru fuzzy, most of those chipsets=20 doesn't come from the factory with a softraid soultion, so makers pull=20 thier own or gets LSI or Adaptec to roll one. Needless to say its can be = a mess to support, and so far only LSI in an older format is supported. That said, I have support for SiI, LSI new format, Adaptec HostRAID and=20 Intel in the works, but its not officially supported yet and needs more=20 testing and polishing before it gets there... At any rate, if you dont need to boot from a RAID0 (striped) array, any=20 ATA controller (without RAID "features") will do with atacontrol. --=20 -S=F8ren