From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jul 21 03:20:16 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0EB216A41F
	for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 03:20:16 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz)
Received: from linda-2.paradise.net.nz (bm-2a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.58.21])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F5843D46
	for <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 03:20:16 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from markir@paradise.net.nz)
Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (smtp-3a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.196])
	by linda-2.paradise.net.nz (Paradise.net.nz)
	with ESMTP id <0IJY005NWJXLQC@linda-2.paradise.net.nz> for
	freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:20:12 +1200 (NZST)
Received: from [192.168.1.11] (218-101-45-48.paradise.net.nz [218.101.45.48])
	by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48229AE3CC	for
	<freebsd-current@freebsd.org>; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:20:09 +1200 (NZST)
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:20:07 +1200
From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Message-id: <42DF1467.5000900@paradise.net.nz>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050511)
Subject: atacontrol create/status give confusing feedback 6.0 Beta 1 ISO
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 03:20:17 -0000

I just noticed this:

# dmesg
...
ar0: 38166MB <Promise Fasttrak SPAN> status: READY
ar0: disk0 READY using ad4 at ata2-master
ar1: 78411MB <Promise Fasttrak RAID0 (stripe 256 KB)> status: READY
ar1: disk0 READY using ad6 at ata3-master
ar1: disk1 READY using ad7 at ata3-slave

# atacontrol status ar0
ar0: ATA SPAN subdisks: ad4 status: READY

# atacontrol status ar1
ar0: ATA SPAN subdisks: ad4 status: READY

[what is going on here, I asked for ar1? It gets worse]:

# atacontrol delete ar1
# atacontrol create RAID0 512 ad6 ad7
ar0 created

[disconcerting - has it destroyed my ar0?]:

# atacontrol status ar0
ar0: ATA SPAN subdisks: ad4 status: READY
# atacontrol status ar1
ar0: ATA SPAN subdisks: ad4 status: READY

[guess not]

It seems that the commands are working ok, but the feedback messages are
wrong as the console output lists ar1 are being created :

ar1: 78411MB <Promise Fasttrak RAID0 (stripe 256 KB)> status: READY
ar1: disk0 READY using ad6 at ata3-master
ar1: disk1 READY using ad7 at ata3-slave

regards

Mark