From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: HighPoint Rocket 1540 hang driver load (Was: Re: Which raid card to buy for Sarge) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:44:34 +0400 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40865EA2.80504@wasp.net.au> References: <40865AEC.8040604@online.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <40865AEC.8040604@online.no> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Lars Gaarden wrote: > > IANA driver programmer, so I can't comment on the quality. But using > that v111 from above compiled with NON_RAID=1 and some boot trickery > (boot with no drives connected to the controller, so the BIOS on the > card isn't loaded. Then connect drives before loading driver) seems to > be the only way for me to make the card work properly. > > Using the same trick with the hpt366 driver cause slow data rates > and drive_cmd: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > errors, > Just my .02c worth. I was using 7 Maxtor SATA drives with 2 RocketRaid 1540's. I tried all the available in-kernel drivers with many 2.4 and 2.6 kernels and resorted to using the hpt supplied drivers compiled from source with NON_RAID=1. I was using md raid-5 and with this combo and it was rock solid for months (Before I upgraded to Promise TX4 controllers). With the in-kernel hpt drivers I never managed more than 15mb/s to or from the disks. Slow as a wet week in may (In the southern hemisphere anyway). Regards, Brad