From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from delenn.fl.net.au (int-mail.syd.fl.net.au [202.181.0.28]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EF148AB for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:30:35 -0700 (MST) From: "Duraid Madina" To: Cc: Subject: RE: [parisc-linux] 'foreign' PCI cards in an rp2430 Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 07:30:30 +1100 Message-ID: <000101c1c6e0$1a4dba00$022a17ac@simplex> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In-Reply-To: Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Martin wrote: > I don't think there are high hopes for the 3ware card. At > least not unless you preconfigure it on a PC. For sure. > Alpha happens to work because its firmware includes a simple > x86 simulator that executes the BIOS code on the card. That > way you can configure your disk setup, etc. Oops, I think I was misleading when I said 3ware 'worked' in Alpha - 3dm doesn't (of course) and yes, you need to do all array administration stuff out of the BIOS on a PC. > We don't have similar functionality on PA-RISC. So you are > limited what can be done from within Linux. Well, so long as it can find the array and read/write, I'm set. > Unfortunately the 3ware management utility is 386 > binary-only. I.e. you can't configure the card once you get > Linux up and running either. I have to admit, I find hardly any need for that tool even in x86 land ;) Duraid