Re: [ANNOUNCE] "iswraid" (ICHxR ataraid sub-driver) for 2.4.29

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:35:23 -0500, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:03:27 -0500, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >>
> >>>>I consider it not a new feature, but a missing feature, since otherwise
> >>>>user data cannot be accessed in the RAID setups.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>the same is true for all new hardware drivers and hardware support
> >>>patches. And for new DRM (since new X may need it) and new .. and
> >>>new ... where is the line?
> >>>
> >>>for me a deep maintenance mode is about keeping existing stuff working;
> >>>all new hw support and derivative hardware support (such as this) can be
> >>>pointed at the new stable series... which has been out for quite some
> >>>time now..
> >>
> >>Red herring.
> >>
> >>2.4.x has ICH5/6 support -- but is missing the RAID support component.
> >>
> >>We are talking about hardware that is ALREADY supported by 2.4.x kernel,
> >>not new hardware.
> >>
> >>We are also talking about inability to access data on hardware supported
> >>by 2.4.x, not something that can easily be ignored or papered over with
> >>a compatibility mode.
> >
> >
> > the same arguments can be used for crypto support etc.,
> > answer is - use 2.6.x or add extra patches to get 2.4.x working
> 
> It's fix in a sense. The hardware is supported now, just not very well.
> If an IDE chipset was capable of UDA4 and the driver only allowed UDA2
> it would be a fix, in this case thehardware is supported partially, the
> RAID conponent isn't working, and this is the fix.

The so called "RAID component" is 100% *software* solution.

BTW What is UDA?
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