From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 11:38:03 2005 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 5C41516A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 11:38:03 +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 79B2543D5E for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 11:38:02 +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 j15Bbwr9033861; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:38:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <4204B006.9060604@DeepCore.dk> Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 12:37:42 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050116) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frode Nordahl References: <42028F29.1030801@DeepCore.dk> <0cd37ec888636578f9bc4f5b85ce20af@nordahl.net> In-Reply-To: <0cd37ec888636578f9bc4f5b85ce20af@nordahl.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.6 cc: 'FreeBSD Current' Subject: Re: ATA mkIII first official patches - please test! 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: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:38:03 -0000 Frode Nordahl wrote: > On Feb 3, 2005, at 21:52, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote: >=20 >> ATA-mkIII first official snapshot. >=20 > Yes! Just in time! Thanks, S=F8ren :-) >=20 > Using kernel from RELENG_5, supped yesterday. >=20 > Tried to install on in a box with a Promise TX 2200 card, the bootup=20 > took forever, but the install worked fine when it finished. >=20 > Maby related to the third "phantom" PATA bus on that board? :-) Well its doesn't stall on the one I've got here (thanks btw! :) ).. Could you get the output from a verbose boot with it somehow ? >> o ATA RAID support has been rewritten and and now supports these= >> metadata formats: >> "Adaptec HostRAID" >> "Highpoint V2 RocketRAID" >> "Highpoint V3 RocketRAID" >> "Intel MatrixRAID" >> "Integrated Technology Express" >> "LSILogic V2 MegaRAID" >> "LSILogic V3 MegaRAID" >> "Promise FastTrak" >> "Silicon Image Medley" >=20 >=20 > This works with my Intel S875WP1-E with Intel ICH5 / Adaptec HostRAID=20 > onboard! Good :) > However, if I create a RAID1 array in "Quick Mode", installation failes= =20 > with write errors ("disk full"). The Adaptec management BIOS warns abou= t=20 > creating arrays in Quick Mode, so this may be a problem of theirs. >=20 > Anyway, is there any way to detect that an array is created in this way= ,=20 > and handle it, or warn about it? Hmm, it just means that it doesn't copy data so both disks are=20 identical, for our purpose thats of no importance. Maybe I did mess up=20 the size reporting somehow, I'll check... > I can no longer use my swap partition as dump device: >=20 > # dumpon /dev/ar0s1b > dumpon: ioctl(DIOCSKERNELDUMP): Operation not supported by device >=20 > But I'm not certain that it has ever been allowed? :-) It was allowed, but I havn't gotten to reimplement dump in ataraid yet. --=20 -S=F8ren