[lug] SW Raid question

[steve at badcheese.com]

SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 2.00 loaded.
sata_promise 0000:00:06.0: version 1.04
sata_promise PATA port found
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8888200 ctl 0xF8888238 bmdma 0x0 irq 17
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8888280 ctl 0xF88882B8 bmdma 0x0 irq 17
ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8888300 ctl 0xF8888338 bmdma 0x0 irq 17
scsi0 : sata_promise
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 488397168 sectors: LBA48
ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 0
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
scsi1 : sata_promise
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi2 : sata_promise
hub 5-0:1.0: over-current change on port 5
hub 5-0:1.0: over-current change on port 6
ATA: abnormal status 0x8 on port 0xF888831C
ata3: disabling port
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD2500KS-00M 02.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 488397168 512-byte hdwr sectors (250059 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
  sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: version 2.0
sata_via 0000:00:0f.0: routed to hard irq line 11
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD400 ctl 0xD502 bmdma 0xD800 irq 20
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xD600 ctl 0xD702 bmdma 0xD808 irq 20
scsi3 : sata_via
ata4: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xD407
scsi4 : sata_via
usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
ata5: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0xD607


I think that the sda drive (on the promise board) is the one that I've got 
the drive attached to.

- Steve

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, dio2002 at indra.com wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:40:06 -0600 (MDT)
> From: dio2002 at indra.com
> Reply-To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
>     <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
>     <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Subject: Re: [lug] SW Raid question
> 
>> I bought a 3rd part SATA card from Comp-USA and Fedora FC6 recognized it
>> out of the box with no issues.  It was a generic, single-chip controller
>> type card for like $15 or something like that.
>
> i'm liking what i'm hearing :-).  i thought sata level support was hit or
> miss, especially with a generic card.  maybe it's not that big of an issue
> any more and more a problem with the raid cards then the vanilla sata.
>
> would you be able to dmesg or lspci to see if you can find any info about
> the chipset / driver for that card and post back?
>
> i already purchased a riser card for this system and it's spec'd at PCI-X
> 133 MHz+PCI-Exp.x8 (Signal:x8 via Riser Cards).  i'm assuming that PCI-X
> is backward compatible for lower end cards.
>
> also, what's the difference/benefit/disadvantage of a single-chip
> controller since you specified it in your post?
>
> thanks
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