Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932457AbWBAOnd (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:43:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932465AbWBAOnd (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:43:33 -0500 Received: from host27-37.discord.birch.net ([65.16.27.37]:16537 "EHLO EXCHG2003.microtech-ks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932457AbWBAOnd (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 09:43:33 -0500 From: "Roger Heflin" To: Cc: "'Lennart Sorensen'" , , Subject: RE: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 08:53:57 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <20060201101504.GC14960@favonius> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcYnF28zLSLuEgaySJWGL3lXnGCGGAAJkskQ Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Feb 2006 14:36:53.0432 (UTC) FILETIME=[F1C41B80:01C6273C] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1692 Lines: 45 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sander [mailto:sander@humilis.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 4:15 AM > To: Roger Heflin > Cc: 'Lennart Sorensen'; 'Sander'; > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; jgarzik@pobox.com > Subject: Re: [OT] 8-port AHCI SATA Controller? > > Roger Heflin wrote (ao): > > Highpoint has some that I believe are software raidish. > > > > They do have on-board parity generators that are used when you use > > there binary only modules. > > > > I have heard that they will work with later kernels (2.6.15+) since > > the highpoint are a standard Marvell chipset, and they seem to be > > fairly price competitive with JBOD raid controllers, and have some > > controllers that have more than 8 ports, the price per port may be > > better on the larger controllers. > > Thanks for the tip. I'll do some research on the Highpoint > controllers. > > Kind regards, Sander Something important to note, if you need to use highpoints binary driver (ie the one in the kernel is not quite working yet) - then you will need to run a 2.6.13 or earlier kernel, their driver has some issue with 2.6.14+ they are working on it. I believe this also holds true of the Marvell drivers also, highpoints driver is (from what I can tell) a modified Marvell driver with their binary software raid support added on, so the Marvell driver *may* also have an issue with the later kernels. Roger - 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/