From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Greg Brackley" Subject: Re: Highpoint 1820A Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:20:38 +1200 Message-ID: References: Return-path: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids "Mikael Abrahamsson" wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.62.0509170714560.21650@uplift.swm.pp.se... > functioning and failing. Does anyone have a success story with this card > under linux? I've generally had quite positive experiences with the card under FC3 and FC4 x86_64 using Linux software RAID 5 and the OpenBuild driver. The driver has generally been quite good, however it doesn't appear to support SMART I/O controls. I like to monitor SMART parameters so I can swap out disks before they catastrophically fail. I have started using the now GNU licensed Marvell driver [1] with my 1820a. I haven't had a chance to benchmark it, however it works and it does support SMART I/O controls. It seems to require a full kernel source tree to build. I'm using it with FC4 x86_64. In the future I am looking forward to using the Brett Russ libata Marvell driver that is going in the kernel. I haven't tried the PIO only driver. Greg :-) [1] http://www.keffective.com/mvsata/