Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Mar 2002 09:35:35 +0100 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Submitting PROMISE IDE Controllers Driver Patch |
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arjan@fenrus.demon.nl wrote: > In article <3C88742A.4090804@evision-ventures.com> you wrote: > >>Uhh oh, that's actually interresting and you are right on this point. >>One should just add the functionality. If you dare to wait the weekend >>it will happen in 2.5 ;-). Or of you care your self, then plase >>have a look at the following code in 2.5.6-pre3 in ide-pci: >> > > Ehm. Linux *needs* to see the controller as IDE controller in order to > support the raid. see pdcraid.c. It layers on top of the IDE layer > to operate.
Please look closer at my posting. I just think, that since there are apparently no tru hardware raid devices out there it would be sufficient to expand the detection code to not ignore RAID class devices at all. This would just prevent us from having two different entries in the device detection list. Not much more involved I think.
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