Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Mar 2004 15:04:59 +0100 | From | Wilfried Weissmann <> | Subject | [ANNOUNCE] Highpoint-Tech Plugin 0.0.1 for EVMS 2.3.0 |
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hi,
...so here comes 0.0.1! i have changed the device manager id to 3 because of Kevin Corry suggested this and also added more pci-ids. you can override the id scan be setting "biosraid.ignore_pci_ids" to "1". but you still need the proper raid signatures on your disks to get a raid volume. basic read/write tests on a fat partition worked fine, but i cannot do more right now. the fan of my graphiccard is broken and i replaced the cooler with cpu heatsink and attached it with a string to the board. looks pretty crude!
Changelog: * use new list API * migrate to evms 2.3.0 * support for HPT 370, 370A, 302, 371, 375, 372N chipsets * remove disk if it cannot be added the discover() output_list * make all global variables static * add boolean "biosraid.ignore_pci_ids" config option to optionally ignore the pci vendor and device ids of the ide controllers * changed EVMS_DEVICE_MANAGER ID to 3
TODOs: * access to the last sector (kernel 2.6 only) * add mode raid levels * create "whole disk" volume (currently only under .nodes) * use sysfs for scanning * more modular design to make it easier to add code for other controllers * more testing
the next thing that i want to do is to implement the "whole disk" volume. it might be handy to have such a device for the grub bootloader and stuff. this also is a start for the last sector problem fix. the problem is that i should protect the sector #9 which contains the volume configuration. i do not think that it is possible to only write protect that sector but this would be a nice thing to do. the patch that applies against evms 2.3.0 is attached...
greetings, wilfried
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