Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:43:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:43:06 -0500 Received: from osiris.silug.org ([64.240.156.225]:46250 "EHLO osiris.silug.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:42:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:42:34 -0600 From: Steven Pritchard To: "Steven P. Cole" , "Eric S. Raymond" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Configure.help entry fix Message-ID: <20011227234234.A353@osiris.silug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Then entry in Configure.help for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID starts out "3ware is the only hardware ATA-Raid product in Linux to date." This is a mistake, since the driver for the Adaptec 2400A card (dpt_i2o) is in the kernel. I've included a patch below to fix that, plus add a note about a data corruption issue that users should be aware of. I suppose the entry should probably also include the standard "If you want to compile this driver as a module..." block also... On a side note, shouldn't CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID really be something like CONFIG_SCSI_3W_XXXX_RAID? Steve -- steve@silug.org | Southern Illinois Linux Users Group (618)398-7360 | See web site for meeting details. Steven Pritchard | http://www.silug.org/ --- Documentation/Configure.help.orig Fri Dec 21 11:41:53 2001 +++ Documentation/Configure.help Thu Dec 27 23:34:49 2001 @@ -917,9 +917,13 @@ 3ware Hardware ATA-RAID support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID - 3ware is the only hardware ATA-Raid product in Linux to date. - This card is 2,4, or 8 channel master mode support only. - SCSI support required!!! + This driver supports the 3ware Escalade 5000, 6000, and 7000-series + IDE RAID controllers. + + Note that RAID 5 on 6000-series controllers requires a recent + firmware revision. Running old firmware or old versions of the + driver on a degraded RAID 5 array can cause data corruption on the + array. See 3ware's web site for firmware updates. - 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/