Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:10:42 -0700 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@campbell.cwx.net> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel motherboard. Message-ID: <20011115111042.A34377@const.> In-Reply-To: <200111151738.fAFHckY01018@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:38:46AM -0800 References: <20011115141513.8AA381770@mail2.netvision.com.br> <200111151738.fAFHckY01018@mass.dis.org>
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:38:46AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Is there someone running FreeBSD on an Intel Server Board STL2 motherboard > > with an Intel Server RAID Controller U3-1 (SRCU31). If not, on some other BSD > > maybe. > > A customer has bought one of those and I'm gonna install it tomorrow, but > > I've seen on the internet that FreeBSD does not support it. > > > The SRC-U* family isn't supported (and in fact, you won't even be able to > boot FreeBSD with it installed). > > Intel bought ICP Vortex, who are redoing the firmware and drivers for these > controllers. I haven't heard anything to suggest that the new firmware > is shipping yet; if it is, it's worth trying, but otherwise "just forget > it". I helped a small farm of Linux mail hosts using ICP Vortex RAID controllers about two years ago. The results were excellent and I have since thought very highly of ICP Vortex. I think its a bad sign when a vendor makes a real effort to support open systems and ends up losing badly. However, this is news to me and I'd appreciate any references or inside information about this you can provide. ICP Vortex seemed to make real effort to see open platforms had decent drivers. I also remember that nearly all of the RAID functionally was built-in to the firmware, which dodged the common issue of "windows only" RAID administration tools. -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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