From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 27 08:17:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D58A16A4B3 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.foremind.com (mail.inform.com.hk [206.220.132.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C71954402D for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:17:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from achan@achan.com) Received: (qmail 47330 invoked by uid 0); 27 Sep 2003 15:17:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pluto) (achan@achan.com@203.169.183.155) by mail.inform.com.hk with SMTP; 27 Sep 2003 15:17:51 -0000 Message-ID: <004d01c3850a$81935730$1700a8c0@pluto> From: "Andrew Chan" To: "Travis Troyer" References: Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:17:46 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sil680 RAID Support while installing 5.1-Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:17:57 -0000 I don't know about 5.1-Current, but if you look at the ata-raid.* code in the 5.1-Release kernel source tree, you will find that only Promise and Highpoint chips are supported. This is a pity because the Sil0680 chip is the cheapest and most widely available around. It is selling for less than US$20 here in Hong Kong with ATA133 and full "RAID" capabilities. While it may not be super fast, it does work alright under Windows environment. If it is indeed supported under 5.1-Current, that is great news. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Troyer" To: ; Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: Sil680 RAID Support while installing 5.1-Release > I just purchased a Sil680 IDE RAID controller, and have setup > a striped RAID array. When I boot from the 5.1 installation > CD-ROM, FreeBSD does not recognize them as one disk. I > checked the hardware notes, and "Sil680 UDMA6" is listed. > Seeing Sil680 listed, I assumed that the RAID capabilities > would also be supported. I read something posted awhile back > referring to the Sil680 controller, saying it was supported, > but dangerous unless using 5.1-Current. Does anybody know > anything about the current status of this? Is there anyway to > get the FreeBSD installation to recognize my RAID array, or > should I just buy another controller?