Re: Aralion and IDE blasphemy

From: J.P. Morris (jpm@it-he.org)
Date: Sat May 18 2002 - 04:32:35 EST


On Fri, 17 May 2002 20:22:19 +0100 (BST)
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> > > What does lspci say the chipset really is ?
> >
> > Here's the entry for it from lspci -v. I can quote the entire file if you prefer.
> >
> > 00:11.0 RAID bus controller: ARALION Inc: Unknown device 0301
>
> Just the one controller shows up despite it being four ports ?

All the other entries are for hardware I know, so yes.

> > However. I put the thing in to try and relieve a problem of drive bays and
> > connector lengths. A bit of lateral thinking has provided another solution
> > and I no longer need the card urgently.
>
> Aralion claim Linux support so might be worth asking them ?
> http://www.aralion.com/products/raidControl/ideRaid/ideRaid_ultimaRaid100.htm

What they will give you is a Windows program in korean. Later examination
revealed it to be some kind of self-extracting ZIP file.

Inside are some binary kernel modules they wrote which are specific to RedHat
7.1's version 2.4.2 kernel.

They've just updated their Windows drivers, so they -may- release a more
recent version, but I'd prefer not to have a closed binary module present.

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