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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:44:30 +0100
From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Cc: Eugeny Kuzakov <coredumped@coredumped.org.ru>,
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Subject: Re: sil3112 question
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Lowell Gilbert wrote:

>"Eugeny Kuzakov" <coredumped@coredumped.org.ru> writes:
>
>  
>
>>I have p4p800Se mb.
>>
>>I have bought a few days before Tekram TR-822. It's Sil3112 based software
>>raid.
>>
>>I need mirror device, contained 2 partitions -- fat32&ufs.
>>
>>I want to use fat32 under freebsd&windows xp.
>>
>>the problem is that under windows the controller works good,
>>but FreeBSD doesn't see created mirror logical device.
>>
>>Has anyone working same configaration? What sil3112 bios version?
>>    
>>
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>Doesn't "software RAID" imply "Windows software"? 
>Running Windows software isn't one of FreeBSD's strong points...
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>
Er, no, unless I am much mistaken  it doesn't imply that at all (see man 
ataraid).  FreeBSD handles plenty of "software" (metadata only) RAIDs, 
though I believe that an archive search will turn up that the sil3112 is 
possibly the worst such RAID ever and was a poor choice of RAID card, 
however cheap.  Try google.   SiL are listed among the controllers 
supported by ataraid on 6.1 so I would expect the RAID to be recognised 
even if it performed badly.

I've not used such a RAID so perhaps some specific action with 
atacontrol is required.

--Alex