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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Jan Bakuwel <jan.bakuwel@int.greenpeace.org>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Marvell SATA status
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:32:07 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43CE7B97.7090303@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43CE7558.3060505@int.gl3>

Jan Bakuwel wrote:
> Hoi Jeff,
> 
>> Note that the Marvell chip is not RAID.  See 
>> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html
> 
> 
> The Marvell chip isn't listed on that page unless my eye sight is 
> deterioting :-)

Yes but you get the general point.


> The BIOS identifies it as an Adaptec HostRAID 6041 controller (?), 

"HostRAID" == software RAID


> allows for setting up the arrays etc, however, 'lspci -vv' identifies it 
> as a Marvell Technology  MV88SX6041 RAID controller.
> 
> It could indeed be software RAID by controller, but as far as the OS is 
> concerned the controller presents the array to the OS as a single disc...

Incorrect.  The driver sees only the individual discs.

	Jeff



  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-18 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-17 21:55 Marvell SATA status Jan Bakuwel
2006-01-17 23:41 ` Greg Freemyer
2006-01-18  0:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-01-18 17:05   ` Jan Bakuwel
2006-01-18 17:32     ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-01-19  8:44       ` Jan Bakuwel

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