From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 5 07:50:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D81C816A41C for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2005 07:50:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from pandora.cs.kun.nl (pandora.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A16143D1F for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2005 07:50:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from groot@kde.org) Received: from odin.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.33] (helo=localhost.englishbreakfastnetwork.org) by pandora.cs.kun.nl (8.12.10/5.2) with ESMTP id j557nxxS005656; Sun, 5 Jun 2005 09:49:59 +0200 (MEST) From: Adriaan de Groot To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 09:49:54 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.50 References: <20050604234246.G69694@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <20050604234246.G69694@zoraida.natserv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506050949.54551.groot@kde.org> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 131.174.33.4 Cc: Subject: Re: Which motherboard for RAID in AMD64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 07:50:05 -0000 On Sunday 05 June 2005 05:45, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Although I see a list of motherboards at the freebsd site I don't see any > notes about working RAID controllers. > > Anyone can confirm any of the motherboards on the list that it's > controller's RAID is supported under FBSD-AMD64? Via KT800's embedded RAID which shows up as atapci1: works as a RAID controller; configure the RAID array before installation and use ar0 as the device to install FreeBSD to. Promise 20378 RAID which shows up as atapci0: works as a RAID controller; same deal. My K8V has both of these controllers, my Gigabyte board only the VIA. Both seem to work fine at least in a mirroring setup. I've experimented with moving the array from one controller to another (ie. powerdown, disconnect both drives from Promise, reconnet to via, power up) and that worked at least once. Similarly, disconnecting a single drive retains functionality, though the array is marked as degraded. Sil-based RAID seems to be dead in the water in 5-stable. Some boards - notably nForce based ones - seem to come with those as RAID controllers. -- These are your friends - Adem GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot