Re: Promise RAID controller howto?

[Erik van Asselt]

Hmmmmm i have the Promise raid source for 2.2 kernel modules so what do you mean
by opensource signatures

i have it working for 2.2 kernels but i can't get it to work properly in 2.4
So if someone want to look at the source !!!
it can be found on www.promise.com

Assie

Andre Hedrick schreef:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know, that this is a FAQ and the Promise RAID controller card is not
> > yet usable as a RAID board under Linux 2.x but is there a way to use
> > the controller just like the UltraATA 100 controller?
>
> It is not a raid board ... it is a raid lie
>
> > I know, that "input high == UltraATA core, input low = RAID core"
> > according to Andre Hedrick but I really don't care about the RAID
> > core. I want to use this controller to drive JBOD.
>
> Wrong, if Promise will opensource the signatures then we map the software
> raid against that location and use Linux's soft-raid.
>
> > Can one do this? The disks need not to be interchangeable to other
> > controllers.  Just be accessible.
> >
> > 2.2 solutions preferred, 2.4 ok.
> >
> >       Regards
> >               Henning
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