Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261597AbUDSQrO (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:47:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261505AbUDSQqN (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:46:13 -0400 Received: from av7-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.108]:57534 "EHLO av7-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261497AbUDSQpp (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:45:45 -0400 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: poor sata performance on 2.6 References: <200404150236.05894.kos@supportwizard.com> <1082001287.407e0787f3c48@webmail.LaTech.edu> <200404151455.36307.kos@supportwizard.com> <1082044297.407eaf894ddda@webmail.LaTech.edu> <407F1C07.6050104@umn.edu> <407F30F5.1070305@pobox.com> Message-ID: From: Henrik Gustafsson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:45:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <407F30F5.1070305@pobox.com> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3144 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 786 Lines: 20 [cut] > I _really_ like the SX4 -- it gives the programmer full control over all > aspects of RAID operation, while providing useful hardware acceleration > where it's needed. And not getting in the way of the programmer, when > it's not needed. Does this mean that the hardware-accelerated RAID5-mode will be compatible with soft-RAID5? So that I am able to create a RAID5-array today and get all the goodies from hardware-support later without having to do the backup - recreate-array - restore dance? [cut] // Henrik Gustafsson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/