Re: Installing Debian on sata drive with adaptec aic-8130 controller V2
On 3/24/06, Marc Blumentritt <M.Blumentritt@tu-braunschweig.de> wrote:
> Leopold Palomo Avellaneda schrieb:
> > - the sata_mv driver doesn't work in a HP proliant ml150 g2 box. Although the
> > driver detects the hds, the system is very unusable because of time out of
> > access to the hds.
> Yes, that was for me the same.
> >
> > - the marvell driver is gpl, compiling it in a recent kernel is a
> > pain ..:-( However the combination of version 3.4 (patched) and 2.6.8 works
> > ok. The version 3.6.1 compile in a 2.6.15 but it give me some errors on the
> > device when I load the driver.
> I used sarge, so I tested it only 2.6.8...
> >
> > - I have only tested on ia32 arch, but I think that it worsewhile to make some
> > test in the amd64 arch.
> ... on and64. It works.
> >
> > - I don't know what is the best way in this situation. We have two drivers for
> > the same hardware: one of the main company, released in a free licence after
> > some time time, and another a free driver, developed by the community that
> > doesn't work in some some hardware. What do you recommend?
> I wait, until the modul in the kernel is marked stable, then I will
> switch to the kernel modul. Up until then I will use the on of the company.
But if the controler of the company is already open source (gpl?) the
better choice is put it in the mainstream kernel, isn't it?
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>
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