Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:18:12 -0800 (PST) From: Joel Wood <jwood@joelwood.com> To: Kai Gallasch <kai@adminhell.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: FreeBSD and Intel/ICP Vortex Raid-Controllers Message-ID: <20021031190211.W24366-100000@marla.namshub.net> In-Reply-To: <65ADD54D-EC09-11D6-A13F-0050E425E67E@adminhell.org>
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Also, incase your intrested, you can also use icpcon with the iir driver incase you want to fool with the raid from userland. icpcon looks alot like the interface you get when booting. You can look for failures, rebuild the raid, and get statistics. To use icpcon, you just need to: mknod /dev/iir c 164 0 ln -s /dev/iir /dev/icp You can get icpcon as part of the icp freebsd driver zip from icp-vortex.com. -Joel On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Kai Gallasch wrote: > Hi, > > a few days ago I looked through the LINT file of the stable kernel > sources and > wondered if the "iir" RAID device would also support the ICP vortex line > of RAID controllers (INTEL recently bought the manufacturer ICP and > with it its whole > productline of controllers) > > So I asked one of the contacts for the "iir" named in the LINT - > achim.leubner@intel.com - > if ICP Vortex controllers are also supported.. > > Achim had this to say.. > > ---snip--- > > Hello Kai, > > the "iir" driver supports the ICP vortex controller line AND the intel > controller line. > You must not use another ICP specific driver. > > Regards, > Achim > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Achim Leubner > Research & Development > ICP vortex Computersysteme GmbH, an Intel company > Gostritzer Str. 61-63 > D-01217 Dresden, Germany > Phone: +49-351-871-8291 > Fax: +49-351-871-8448 > Mail: achim.leubner@intel.com > Url: www.icp-vortex.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kai Gallasch [mailto:kai@adminhell.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:08 AM > To: Leubner, Achim > Subject: FreeBSD and Intel/ICP Vortex Raid-Controllers > > > Hello, > > does the device "iir" in the kernel sources of FreeBSD stable also > support > the ICP Vortex Raid-Controller line, or do I still have to use the > FreeBSD > driver delivered by ICP Vortex? > > I found the following in the LINT file of the freebsd kernel sources.. > > --snip-- > # > # Intel Integrated RAID controllers. > # This driver was developed and is maintained by Intel. Contacts > # at Intel for this driver are > # "Kannanthanam, Boji T" <boji.t.kannanthanam@intel.com> and > # "Leubner, Achim" <achim.leubner@intel.com>. > # > device iir > --snip-- > > Proposal: > The "iir" comment section of the LINT file in stable should mention that > ICP vortex controllers are also supported by the "iir" driver. > > Cheers, > Kai. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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