Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:00:59 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: "Iv. Karabojkov" <ivo@kit-bg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia 6100 MCP RAID or GEOM Message-ID: <48A3D82B.6060103@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48A3D530.6050300@kit-bg.com> References: <48A3D530.6050300@kit-bg.com>
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Iv. Karabojkov wrote: > Hi! > > I am asking for recommendation. I'd like to use two SATA disks as > RAID1 - mirror. My MB uses NVidia MCP6100 with hardware RAID. > Is it better to use this RAID or to build a new one using GEOM? > If I accidentally replace the MB will it be easy to reconfigure GEOM > (for hardware RAID I know it is not if the chipset / SATA BIOS is not > the same). > Usually this "hardware" RAID, is nothing more than software in a cheap circuit. The price of these mobos does not justify a real hardware RAID. I would go with GEOM. > And one more: Is network chip Realtek RTL8201 supported on FreeBSD? I > didn't find it in rl or re drivers, some article says it is supported > by nve or nfe ?!? > > Thanks in advance, > Ivo > I believe you have an Nvidia card with a realtek phy. This works with the nfe driver (the following is from a MCP6100 mobo I am using as a server at a client): nfe0: <NVIDIA nForce MCP61 Networking Adapter> port 0xe480-0xe487 mem 0xdfff9000-0xdfff9fff irq 23 at device 7.0 on pci0 miibus0: <MII bus> on nfe0 rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
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