From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Duncan Hill Subject: Re: IT 8212F drivers for kernel-2.6.x failure Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:29:05 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200407112129.05103.dhill+linuxraid@cricalix.net> References: <200404112219.30612.dhill+linuxraid@cricalix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200404112219.30612.dhill+linuxraid@cricalix.net> Content-Disposition: inline To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Sunday 11 April 2004 22:19, Duncan Hill wrote: > Carsten Luedtke wrote: > > -----snip----- > > Dear Sir, > > > > Please visit our web site for downloading the newest driver for kernel > > 2.6.x. > > http://www.ite.com.tw/productInfo/Download.html#IT8212 ATA133 Controller > > > > Best Regards, > > -----snip----- > > > > You guys with this chipset onboard, please test these drivers and report > > problems to itesupport@ite.com.tw . > > The drivers are available from the link above as source or binary > > drivers. > > For me, this driver has some serious issues with a 2.6 kernel on an AMD64 > box. I have sent a bug report to itesupport, once I got them to acknowledge > > If anyone cares: > Mar 24 08:29:38 kernel: Found Controller: IT8212 UDMA/ATA133 RAID As a self-followup, ITE released 1.45 a little while back, with much better 2.6 compatability. I did a brief stress test (copying around ~50 gig of mp3s), and the driver worked just fine, no lockups, no corruption. Moreover, it appears that the driver might even let a system boot from the RAID if the driver is in the initrd. As an added bonus (to me), when running in mirrored mode, you can yank a drive out of the mirror, and use it standalone and it just works. No FS trickery or anything.