Bug#228964: Sarge beta2 installer and LSI Logic MegaRaid controller
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:15:51PM +0100, Alessandro Polverini wrote:
> 02:0b.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic PowerEdge
> Expandable RAID Controller 4 (rev 01)
> 02:0b.0 Class 0104: 1000:1960 (rev 01)
>
> I think that it should definitely use the megaraid2 driver, for a number
> of reasons:
> - much more modern driver, supporting also very recent controllers
> - supports /proc/megadrive interface, necessary for monitoring the
> health of the array
Ok, it sounds like this would be the better choice. I'll change it so
that it uses megaraid2.
> Also, beware that in linux 2.6 the old megaraid driver has been dumped
> and megaraid2 has been renamed megaraid again...
> So, I think that the installer should be smart enough to use "megaraid2"
> or "megaraid" depending on the release of the kernel instaling.
Unfortunately, this isn't going to happen right away due to limitations
with discover1. See #229437 for an explanation.
> Last thing: after installing sarge on my server with both raid disks
> (megaraid) and one ide disk, the system booted and worked well from the
> raid disk but the ide controller was not detected (piix).
> I had to put extra modules in /etc/modules to make it work, but in this
> way /etc/init.d/hdparm does not work because it starts _before_ loading
> modules from /etc/modules.
Discover didn't detect your ide controller either? Ok, you know the
drill :-) lspci; lspci -n; and the right module and I'll fix this too.
As for the hdparm issue, I really don't know what to tell you. You may
simply want to compile a custom kernel with the module built in.
> Thanks for your time, and please tell me if I could be of any help,
My pleasure. Thanks for being prompt with responses.
- David Nusinow
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