Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:44:15 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: sata_mv not working with a RocketRaid 2220 |
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Jean-Louis Dupond wrote: > Added CC to linux-ide > > -------- Originele bericht -------- > Onderwerp: sata_mv not working with a RocketRaid 2220 > Datum: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:15:30 +0100 > Van: Jean-Louis Dupond <info@dupondje.be> > Aan: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > > Hello, > > I'm trying to get my HighPoint RocketRaid Controller working with the > sata_mv drivers. > But something is not working correctly :( > > Kernel version 2.6.23.11 (also tried 2.6.24-rc5 with same results) > Controller in lspci: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MV88SX6081 8-port > SATA II PCI-X Controller (rev 07) > ..
The sata_mv driver is currently not very good, but should improve over this winter as some effort is finally going into fixing it.
And the Highpoint RocketRAID cards are a similarly dubious choice, as their onboard BIOS is known to corrupt filesystems before Linux is even booted.
In particular, an "unconfigured" drive -- just plugged into a RR card without entering the BIOS setup to configure a RAID -- gets sector 8 overwritten by the BIOS. This will destroy GRUB if it was installed. And for drives which *have* been configured in the RR BIOS, it overwrites a sector at the end of the final full GB on the drive, for holding RR metadata.
Cheers
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