IDE RAID / USB ADSL q's

[Andrew McKay]

GH> Looking through /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT I see there is a
GH> kernel driver for 3ware ATA RAID. This was mentioned to me by a
GH> colleague, but do any of you know whether this driver supports
GH> other ATA RAID chipsets?
GH> I can't find a motherboard featuring a 3ware RAID controller...

Not strictly an answer to your question but it's related so here goes...

My latest experience with IDE-RAID is that the controller (AMI MG80649) on
my new motherboard (I-Will KK266-R) isn't supported so, despite being a
fantastic motherboard, you should probably avoid this unless you happen to
fancy buying two and sending one to a developer with IDE-RAID-fu (the
option presented to me in response to my pr about the driver not
existing).

The alternative is to buy a motherboard and a supported IDE-RAID card -
there seem to be more drivers for these cards than for on-board RAID
chipsets. The AMI MegaRaid cards, for example, are supported as far as I
can see from LINT.

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