Fw: 5.2 / 5.2.1 Highpoint 374 RAID 5 driver support

Steven Hartland killing at multiplay.co.uk
Wed Mar 10 06:27:16 PST 2004


Thanks for that there is basic support but this doesn't seem to detect
a RAID 5 array :( The 5.1 Highpoint driver results in a da device which
works correctly but I would really like to get back on to 5.2 as it fixes
a number of issues I've encountered with 5.1.

    Regards
    Steve 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Eckardt" <Robert.Eckardt at Robert-Eckardt.de>

> Hi Steve,
> 
> there should be basic support in the ATA-driver. (For the 372 there is.)
> 
> However, it does not support initial synchronization of two disks and
> the handling in case of an error is very limited.
> You either have to start using an already existing array or resync using
> some BIOS tool. Later, the driver does not care whether the content of
> the RAID is identical or not.
> 
> Robert


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