Re: [SLE] Silicon Image sil3112a: is this CRAP?
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 19:18, SuSE Ground Zero wrote:
I am tring to load sata_sil.ko. It loads perfectly but in dmesg doesn't show some new scsi devices. I got just the message "libata version 1.02 loaded." and thats all. Do I have to recompile the kernel with config_broken or something else?
Linux kcore 2.6.4-54.5-smp #1 SMP Fri May 7 21:30:47 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
SuSE 9.1 the latest stock kernel from online update.
I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have any SATA drives in my machine to noodle around with, and all the SATA raid machines I've worked with worked out of the box, so I don't have any experience troubleshooting them. But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 discs striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both saw one big disc - /dev/sda Maybe there are parameters you have to specify. Have a look in the kernel source directory - there maybe something in the module source - commented information on what options you could specify with it. Also, have you tried using the "disc controllers" module in yast2? -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
On Monday 17 May 2004 08:17, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 19:18, SuSE Ground Zero wrote:
I am tring to load sata_sil.ko. It loads perfectly but in dmesg doesn't show some new scsi devices. I got just the message "libata version 1.02 loaded." and thats all. Do I have to recompile the kernel with config_broken or something else?
Linux kcore 2.6.4-54.5-smp #1 SMP Fri May 7 21:30:47 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
SuSE 9.1 the latest stock kernel from online update.
I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have any SATA drives in my machine to noodle around with, and all the SATA raid machines I've worked with worked out of the box, so I don't have any experience troubleshooting them.
But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 discs striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both saw one big disc - /dev/sda
Maybe there are parameters you have to specify. Have a look in the kernel source directory - there maybe something in the module source - commented information on what options you could specify with it.
Also, have you tried using the "disc controllers" module in yast2?
-- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
-- Now corresct me if i am wrong but did not someone not too long ago point out that the devices would be IDE ie "Hdd Hde Hdf Hdg" ect ect ect ... pete . G6NJR Pete otherwise known as "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan Pete,,,,, :-)
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 09:08:20AM +0100, peter Nikolic wrote: : On Monday 17 May 2004 08:17, Hans du Plooy wrote: : > : > I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have any SATA : > drives in my machine to noodle around with, and all the SATA : > raid machines I've worked with worked out of the box, so I : > don't have any experience troubleshooting them. : > : > But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card : > itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 discs : > striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both saw one big : > disc - /dev/sda : : Now corresct me if i am wrong but did not someone not too long ago : point out that the devices would be IDE ie "Hdd Hde Hdf Hdg" ect : ect ect ... Correct me if I am wrong, but /dev/sda is for SCSI hard drives.
On Monday 17 May 2004 09:39, Eugene Lee wrote:
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 09:08:20AM +0100, peter Nikolic wrote: : On Monday 17 May 2004 08:17, Hans du Plooy wrote: : > I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have any : > SATA drives in my machine to noodle around with, and all : > the SATA raid machines I've worked with worked out of the : > box, so I don't have any experience troubleshooting them. : > : > But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card : > itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 discs : > striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both saw one : > big disc - /dev/sda : : Now corresct me if i am wrong but did not someone not too : long ago point out that the devices would be IDE ie "Hdd Hde : Hdf Hdg" ect ect ect ...
Correct me if I am wrong, but /dev/sda is for SCSI hard drives.
-- OK So SATA in that case is SCSI not IDE yes ..:-).. G6NJR Pete otherwise known as "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan Pete,,,,, :-)
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 10:39, Eugene Lee wrote:
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 09:08:20AM +0100, peter Nikolic wrote: : On Monday 17 May 2004 08:17, Hans du Plooy wrote: : > : > I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have any SATA : > drives in my machine to noodle around with, and all the SATA : > raid machines I've worked with worked out of the box, so I : > don't have any experience troubleshooting them. : > : > But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card : > itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 discs : > striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both saw one big : > disc - /dev/sda : : Now corresct me if i am wrong but did not someone not too long ago : point out that the devices would be IDE ie "Hdd Hde Hdf Hdg" ect : ect ect ...
Correct me if I am wrong, but /dev/sda is for SCSI hard drives.
Yes, I pointed out that I get hde, hdf, hdg, hdh on my Sil SATA raid controller. BUT: The question is not about straight forward SATA drives used individually. It concerns two or more SATA drives that are setup as a raid of sorts, which should show up as /dev/sda -- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
On Monday 17 May 2004 10:29, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 10:39, Eugene Lee wrote:
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 09:08:20AM +0100, peter Nikolic wrote: : On Monday 17 May 2004 08:17, Hans du Plooy wrote: : > I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have : > any SATA drives in my machine to noodle around with, and : > all the SATA raid machines I've worked with worked out of : > the box, so I don't have any experience troubleshooting : > them. : > : > But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card : > itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 : > discs striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both : > saw one big disc - /dev/sda : : Now corresct me if i am wrong but did not someone not too : long ago point out that the devices would be IDE ie "Hdd : Hde Hdf Hdg" ect ect ect ...
Correct me if I am wrong, but /dev/sda is for SCSI hard drives.
Yes, I pointed out that I get hde, hdf, hdg, hdh on my Sil SATA raid controller.
BUT:
The question is not about straight forward SATA drives used individually. It concerns two or more SATA drives that are setup as a raid of sorts, which should show up as /dev/sda
-- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
yes aggred if youuse the IDE to SCSI Emulation system as for older IDE CDBurners -- G6NJR Pete otherwise known as "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan Pete,,,,, :-)
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 03:17, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 19:18, SuSE Ground Zero wrote:
I am tring to load sata_sil.ko. It loads perfectly but in dmesg doesn't show some new scsi devices. I got just the message "libata version 1.02 loaded." and thats all. Do I have to recompile the kernel with config_broken or something else?
Linux kcore 2.6.4-54.5-smp #1 SMP Fri May 7 21:30:47 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
SuSE 9.1 the latest stock kernel from online update.
I'm posting this back to the list because I don't have any SATA drives in my machine to noodle around with, and all the SATA raid machines I've worked with worked out of the box, so I don't have any experience troubleshooting them.
You apparently have not had the experience of the LSI controller on a Compaq/HP ML330. No support in the install at all. I was able to compile a driver under 9.0 with the ever so generous help of Anders. Now with the 2.6 kernel changes the way things get compiled I will need help again when I get to installing 9.1.
But let's give it a shot. Is this raid setup on the card itself, or in hardware? The last machine I did had 3 discs striped on the card itself. SUSE 9.0 and 9.1 both saw one big disc - /dev/sda
Maybe there are parameters you have to specify. Have a look in the kernel source directory - there maybe something in the module source - commented information on what options you could specify with it.
Also, have you tried using the "disc controllers" module in yast2?
-- Kind regards Hans du Plooy Newington Consulting Services hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
-- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2)
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