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From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Subject: Re: RocketRaid133
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Can I just pull down /usr/src/sys/dev/ata from current and pop it in place=
=20
?  This is a non production machine so I can live with lost data. I am=20
happy to test as I am eager to find a decent replacement for the 3ware 6200.

         ---Mike

At 11:18 PM 2/11/02 +0100, S=F8ren Schmidt wrote:
>It seems Mike Tancsa wrote:
> > >We already support the hpt372, and I've just added support for the
> > >hpt374 to -current.
> >
> > STABLE doesnt yet see it as an AR capable device.  But the KLD provided=
 by
> > them at
> > http://www.highpoint-tech.com/FreeBSD_v13_370_372.zip
> >
> > works exactly as advertised. I just installed it with the 4.5R ISO and=
 all
> > worked well using RAID1 and RAID0. The Raid 1 performance was OK, but=
 not
> > as great an improvement as the 3ware shows. I seem to recall a=
 noticeable
> > difference between a single drive on UDMA 66, versus that same drive in=
 a
> > RAID1 config (as well as of course RAID0)
>
>I know :) the problem is that it is a driver *just* for the highpoint
>cards, whereas the ATA RAID driver support both Promise & Highpoint
>cards, even in the same machine :)
>
>You should test whats in -current, its close already, I'm still
>wrestling highpoint less than perfect config layout on disks,
>they didn't design that very well, is not entirely secure in
>all situations, ie you can rebuild your RAID1 from the *wrong*
>part of the mirror just because it lost its marbles :)
>
>-S=F8ren


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