> I'm interested in building a new athlon box, and I was just wondering if
the
> hardware RAID features of the kt7-raid are supported in the kernel?
> (2.4.xtest or 2.2.x + ide patch)
This was asked a while back, and there was a fairly entertaining thread :
(Edward Schernau)
>> So the chipsets (HPT370, Promise, et. al.) are supported
>> but their "RAID" features arent.
(Andre Hedrik)
>Correct because the IP for doing "SOFT RAID" is not disclosed nor
>how/where the reserved sectors are for defining the raid structure.
(Eberhard Moenkeberg)
>> But:
>> If I configure a raid 0 or 1 set with the HPT 370 BIOS,
>> your driver will get told about the resulting structure
>> (instead of the physical disks) and respect it?
(Andre Hedrik)
>Go get some coffee ...
>You have to get the info to acknowledge it and then know where it keeps
>the rest of the puzzle.
>Go for it and see if they did their home work or not.
If anyone understands the last bit, or indeed whether caffeine helped :)
Rob
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