Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:08:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:08:43 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.net ([194.221.183.20]:2807 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:08:27 -0400 Message-ID: <3ADC33B4.E2ADF8AC@gmx.at> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:14:44 +0200 From: Wilfried Weissmann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andre Hedrick CC: Arjan van de Ven , Paul Flinders , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Neil Brown Subject: Re: Help with Fasttrack/100 Raid on Linux In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andre Hedrick wrote: > > Wilfried, > > Why a module? The idea behind that was that, if it is a seperate module, then it would be easier to maintain for me. I am a guy that always needs the newest and greatest, so I expected that I would have to port my stuff to newer kernels frequently. (I started the HPT-RAID0 alone without much knowledge about the kernel.) > Why not have the detection and flags that hook the md driver for linux and > use linux's software raid? I could not use the disk striping, because of the raid0 code is not capable of processing a request what would span more than one disk. You also have to shift the offset of all but the first disk by 10 sectors. So I created an own personality... I also guess it would be a bit complicated if we want to create a raid10. Is this done by putting a raid1 over raid0 devices? We would have to find a way to map the sectors according to the IDE-RAID spec of the controller over several raid levels. An ataraid personality would be easier and more flexible then. regards, Wilfried > > Cheers, > > On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Wilfried Weissmann wrote: > > > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > > > In article <3AD6B422.EEC092F0@ftel.co.uk> you wrote: > > > > Andre Hedrick wrote: > > > > > > > However as far as I can see everyone who has a FastTrak which is "stuck" > > > > in RAID mode[1] would be happy if it worked as a normal IDE controller > > > > in Linux, which is (usually?) not the case - eg on the MSI board where > > > > only the first channel is seen. > > > > > > I have a patch to work around that. However the better solution would be to > > > have a native driver for the raid; I plan to start working on that next > > > week... > > > > I am doing the same for the HighPoint-Tech 370 (talking about the RAID driver). Disk-striping is > > working so far. My code is based on the kernel patches for MDs from Neil Brown. I created an own > > RAID-personality for the module. > > When I looked at the FreeBSD implementation I had the idea of making a "supermodule" which could > > contain serveral IDE-RAID drivers (e.g.: Proise FastTrack + HPT370). There would be a super > > personality for ATA-RAID and several low-level drivers for the individual controllers. > > > > Interrested? Ideas? Hints, Tips, ...? Wanna team up? <8) > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > Arjan van de Ven > > > > regards, > > Wilfried > > > > PS: An uppercase THANX goes to Nail Brown! ^Nail^Neil > > Andre Hedrick > Linux ATA Development > ASL Kernel Development > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ASL, Inc. Toll free: 1-877-ASL-3535 > 1757 Houret Court Fax: 1-408-941-2071 > Milpitas, CA 95035 Web: www.aslab.com -- Wilfried Weissmann ( mailto:Wilfried.Weissmann@gmx.at ) Mobile: +43 676 9444465 - 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/