From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i57IjY010625 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:45:34 -0400 Received: from mail.ukfsn.org (s2.ukfsn.org [217.158.120.143]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i57IjXi5009913 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:45:33 -0400 Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 801ADE6D40 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:43:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17792-11 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:43:41 +0100 (BST) Received: from oak.dgreaves.com (modem-298.parera.dialup.pol.co.uk [81.78.177.42]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB470E6D3F for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:43:40 +0100 (BST) Received: from ash.dgreaves.com ([10.0.0.105]) by oak.dgreaves.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BXP9E-00036J-5L for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:47:04 +0100 Message-ID: <40C4B7C4.4090306@dgreaves.com> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:45:24 +0100 From: David Greaves MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] software raid or lvm? References: <40C48905.80608@blocked.name> <20040607162858.GA5220@synapse.neuralscape.com> <40C4B1BA.7070006@blocked.name> In-Reply-To: <40C4B1BA.7070006@blocked.name> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development philip wrote: > hello, > > Karen Shaeffer wrote: > >> You can find Sil311x support in the 2.6.6 kernel. I've run it with the >> Sil3114 controller. > > > so far i know (i didn't watch that for few last months) there is > driver for sil3112 in 2.6 kernel (sata_sil) but the raid driver didn't > work. also it didn't work well for everyone. so any good news? > thank you > philip Jeff Garzik said on the 10th May in the linux-ide list: Serial ATA (SATA) for Linux status report May 10, 2004 Silicon Image 3112/3114 ----------------------- Summary: No TCQ. Looks like a PATA controller, but with full SATA control including hotplug and PM. libata driver status: Beta. drivers/ide driver status: Production, but see issue #4. Issue #4: Need to have the most recent fixes posted to lkml, for stable operation and full performance (where possible). HTH David