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From: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Adaptec ARO-1130CA-C
Date: 14 Feb 2004 15:11:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ptchzr6y.fsf@papadoc.bayour.com> (raw)

I have a motherboard (Intel DK440LX) with a built in SCSI controller
(AIC-7895). To this MB there's the possibility to have a RAIDport II
controller. I managed to get me a 'Adaptec ARO-1130CA-C' from eBay
because I couldn't in my wildest dreams believe that Linux didn't
support it - it's ancient!.

Woe my surprise when I discovered that it isn't! The latest information
I have about this - which is "no, it isn't supported" - come from 2002
or thereabouts. I have not been able to find ANYTHING later than 2002,
other than a note from Alan Cox (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=92185700225899&w=2)
stating that _maybe_ the new AACRAID _might_ support this. Looking at
the AIC7xxx documentation (in 2.4.24), I see the following, so clearly
it isn't supported by the aic7xxx driver, but my hopes are that AACRAID
DOES support it.


drivers/scsi/README.aic7xxx:
----- s n i p -----
  Not Supported Devices
  ------------------------------
    Adaptec Cards
    ----------------------------
    AHA-2920 (Only the cards that use the Future Domain chip-set are not
              supported, any 2920 cards based on Adaptec AIC chip-sets,
              such as the 2920C, are supported)
    AAA-13x Raid Adapters
    AAA-113x Raid Port Card

    Motherboard Chipsets
    ----------------------------
    AIC-781x

    Bus Types
    ----------------------------
    R - Raid Port busses are not supported.

    The hardware RAID devices sold by Adaptec are *NOT* supported by this
    driver (and will people please stop emailing me about them, they are
    a totally separate beast from the bare SCSI controllers and this driver
    can not be retrofitted in any sane manner to support the hardware RAID
    features on those cards - Doug Ledford).
----- s n i p -----

It is NOT a 'AAA-113x', but I guess it's the same card with a different vendor.
So the question is: IS it (my RAIDport II card) supported by the aacraid driver,
in either 2.4 _or_ (if need be) the 2.6 kernels?

             reply	other threads:[~2004-02-14 14:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-14 14:11 Turbo Fredriksson [this message]
2004-02-14 14:52 ` Adaptec ARO-1130CA-C Matt Domsch
     [not found]   ` <20040214150400.GA70742@hollin.btc.adaptec.com>
2004-02-15  8:24     ` Turbo Fredriksson

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