From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 10:52:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16A516A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5959D43FFD for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4B22972DB5; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A1672DAD; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Harald Schmalzbauer In-Reply-To: <200312041504.46755@harrymail> Message-ID: <20031204105124.Q78277@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <200312040807.hB4873BK064423@gate.multicom.lv> <200312041504.46755@harrymail> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Sil 680 RAID card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:52:52 -0000 On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > On Thursday 04 December 2003 09:07, Andris wrote: > > OK, stable don't support it. How about 5.1-RELEASE? > > Wrong. -stable does support it. You have to use "atacontrol" to create RAID > arrays. > (for mirror e.g: 'atacontrol create RAID1 ad4 ad6' 'atacontrol status ar0') > Rebuilding is a bit complex. You have to do a 'atacontrol detach > "channelOfTheFailedDrive"' > and 'atacontrol attach "channelOfTheFailedDrive"' then 'atacontrol rebuild > ar0' > > Of course also 5.x supports the 0680! Hm, ok, I was basing my analysis on the commit logs and the 0680 isn't mentioned on the -stable branch at all. Interesting question if atacontrol-created arrays are recognized by the BIOS, 'cause if not, then if your mirror breaks then booting gets awful interesting. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug White [mailto:dwhite@gumbysoft.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:40 AM > > To: Andris > > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Problem with Sil 680 RAID card > > > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Andris wrote: > > > I have Sil 680 based RAID card and I don't understand - is it supported > > > by FreeBSD or not? > > > > Due to the complexity in supporting SATA and newer RAID features, it is > > not likely that support will come into -stable for quite some time. > > Why do you post such answers? It's wrong! > > -Harry > -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org