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Subject: Linux emulation [Re: Very low disk performance Highpoint 1820a]
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Steven Hartland wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Long" <scottl@samsco.org>
> 
>>> According to the documentation this is not the case and the XOR
>>> calcs are done in hardware on the onboard HPT 601.
>>
>>
>> Maybe I'm confused and we are talking about different cards.
> 
> 
> Quite possibly all other highpoint cards that Im aware of are
> software RAID.
> 
>>> Note: all tests are being done on i386 not AMD64 due to our requirement
>>> for i386 Linux emulation which it is my understanding is not 
>>> available when
>>> running AMD64 FreeBSD.
>>
>>
>> Linux/i386 emulation works quite well on FreeBSD/amd64 and is getting 
>> better every day.  There is active development on it at the moment.
> 
> 
> Now that is very interesting. Are you talking in 5.x stream or in 6.x?
> I cant risk putting 6x on this machine but would be quite willing to
> throw 5.x AMD64 on it and give it a whirl.
> 

I just installed the Linux StarOffice 7 suite on FreeBSD/amd64 running a
recent 6-CURRENT.  5-STABLE isn't too far behind in the linux emulation
area, from what I understand.  The biggest problem is that you need to
compile in the COMPAT_LINUX32 and LINPROCFS options as they don't build
as modules right now.

Scott