RAID Question
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Mark Hahn hahn at physics.mcmaster.caThu Sep 5 13:24:46 PDT 2002
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> If I am using a kernel (2.4.17) that doesn't support DMA on the Intel > E7500 chipset can the integrated Promise RAID controller (PDC20267) still > support and use DMA? If I use the normal IDE connectors I only get > 3MB/sec. Could I instead use the PDC20267 and get better results, or does > the Promise RAID controller rely on the chipset for functionality? 2.4.20-pre5-ac2 seems to work fine on our e7500 (with the PIIX in dma mode). the problem is actually a bios flaw - failing to fully configure the PCI state of the IDE controller, at least on the Intel SWV board we have. I'm guessing your bios *would* configure the PDC chip correctly, and so would work fine in DMA mode. (don't get excited about Promise's so-called RAID though - the kernel's md driver will do a better job.) regards, mark hahn.
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