From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262114AbTJSTmr (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:42:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262115AbTJSTmr (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:42:47 -0400 Received: from rrzd1.rz.uni-regensburg.de ([132.199.1.6]:22156 "EHLO rrzd1.rz.uni-regensburg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262114AbTJSTmp (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:42:45 -0400 Subject: Re: HighPoint 374 From: Christian Guggenberger Reply-To: christian.guggenberger@physik.uni-regensburg.de To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tomi.orava@ncircle.nullnet.fi Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1066592564.745.12.camel@bonnie79> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:42:44 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> >>> What's the current status of HPT 374 support? Is it working in any >>> kernel >>> version? >> >> In 2.4.21 and 2.4.22 it's working great for me. I'm using the >> "experimental" IDE Raid with two disks on a HPT 374 controller with the >> drivers that come with the kernel. > >I have tried these versions in the past as well without success. >However, I don't use HPT-raid features at all ie. I'm using the >disks as JBOD. What hardware do you have and have you enabled >ACPI/local-apic/io-apic ? What brand & model of disk-drives you >are using with HPT374 controller ? And finally what does >the /proc/interrupts show for you ? > >There really must be some explanation why some of us are >having really huge problems with HPT374-contollers while for >others it's working just fine. I haven't exactly heard anyone >been too succesfull for example with Epox 8K9A3+ motherboard >even on this mailing-list based on previous questions seen here. well, it's not an Epox 8k9a3+ here, but an 8k5a3+ with two HPT374 onboard and it is working well with recent 2.6.0-test* kernels. I also just use JBOD - only one disk connected as /dev/hde to the first HPT 374, an IBM-DTLA-305040, and I really don't see any probs here. Christian