From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 05:37:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 148BC16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 05:37:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA24443D5A for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 05:37:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iB15blRw003763; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:37:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iB15bkDe003758; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:37:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:37:46 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Mike Jakubik Message-ID: <20041201053746.GA3642@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <4013.172.16.0.200.1101790160.squirrel@172.16.0.200> <41AC1A0D.1020705@speakeasy.net> <4460.172.16.0.200.1101798279.squirrel@172.16.0.200> <6.2.0.14.2.20041130110542.03fdced0@gid.co.uk> <20041130230659.GA30089@hub.freebsd.org> <1988.172.16.0.200.1101868699.squirrel@172.16.0.200> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1988.172.16.0.200.1101868699.squirrel@172.16.0.200> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No RAID for VT8237? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:37:49 -0000 On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:38:19PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > David O'Brien said: > > > There are many new SATA "RAID" controllers that our ATA driver doesn't > > yet understand the metadata. Soren is working on support for these newer > > chipsets. > > Understood, but what im saying is that a list of supported ones would be > very useful when trying to decide what hardware to buy. The problem is that the RAID metadata isn't identical for all motherboards that use the same SATA controller -- it is dependent on the BIOS also. For instance, I have an Iwill DK8X that has a Silicon Image 3114 controller. On many motherboards using the SiI 3114 FreeBSD knows the RAID metadata, however on this motherboard FreeBSD doesn't -- because my BIOS does things differently than other motherboards with a SiI 3114. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)