Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932615AbWKEKQ2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Nov 2006 05:16:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932622AbWKEKQ2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Nov 2006 05:16:28 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:14227 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932621AbWKEKQ1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Nov 2006 05:16:27 -0500 Subject: Re: How do I know whether a specific driver being used? From: Arjan van de Ven To: xp newbie Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20061105033026.53019.qmail@web38401.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20061105033026.53019.qmail@web38401.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:16:25 +0100 Message-Id: <1162721785.3160.79.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 (2.8.1.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 805 Lines: 24 On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:30 -0800, xp newbie wrote: > I am using an Ubuntu system with kernel 2.6.15-27-686. > > I am trying to find out whether I need to compile > myself a driver for my Promise FastTrack 378 > controller as described here: > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=362780 Hi, no you don't need those drivers; the linux kernel and the dmraid userspace program have everything you need, no need to add weird external (and sometimes proprietary) drivers to support your software/bios raid Greetings, Arjan van de Ven - 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/