From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Which controller is recommended for a hardware-raid
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:00:20 -0500
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Holger Kiehl wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> 
>>There is an open source driver for the FastTrak now...
>>(assuming it's SATA not PATA)
>>
> 
> Where can I find this driver? I have an onboard Promise 378 setup as
> raid 1 with two SATA disks and with kernel 2.6.0-test9 it only sees the
> two individual drives, not the raid 1 mirror.


Right.  My driver presents only the individual drives.

In 2.4.x, you need the additional "pdcraid" driver to use Promise RAID 
0/1.  In 2.6.x, you must use md RAID to achieve RAID 0/1/5.

	Jeff