Re: hpt373/374 RAID drivers

From: Thomas Reat (treat00_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: 30 Oct 2003 05:09:18 -0800

"Henning Ervik" <nospam@online.no> wrote in message news:<3fa08b25@news.broadpark.no>...
> >I'm currently using Mandrake Linux 9.1 on an Epox 8K5A3+ pro. This board
> >uses the HPT 374 for 8 possible IDE devices. The Mandrake Linux supports
> >this right out of the box. Very nice and easy install, by the way...
>
> Just to clarify, have you actually set up any RAID arrays on these disks or
> are they simply
> hooked up to a hpt374 controller without running RAID?
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to get that setup to work with RAID arrays.

This driver has serious problems. There's a recent thread on
linux-kernel about it. No one even knows where to begin working on a
fix. Unless they're doing it in secret.

But ignoring that for the moment..

You should use the Linux software RAID (md driver). The hpt37x chips
do not do hardware RAID. They're advertised as such, but this is
fraud. The drivers handle the RAID. Considering that, would you rather
use a more standard and better-supported and more reliable and
maintainable RAID driver? Or a nasty hack that only exists to make a
marketing lie semi-true.

But you'll have to wait until someone fixes the drivers anyway.

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