All, I am not sure if there is something wrong with the ataraid in 2.4.19 (I am successfully using the ataraid/fastrak in the 2.4.18 kernel - custom compiled). I have been using ataraid since the -ac days (before it was in the standard kernel). In fact I did some testing for Arjan when he sent me a .c file to test (in the -ac days). This is rather lengthy but ... To convert my 2.4.18 config file to 2.4.19 I did: Put the 2.4.18 config in /usr/src (from source dir: /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/) make mrproper make xconfig (loaded the config file from /usr/src/) then saved and exited - then: make dep copied the /usr/src/linux-2.4.19/.config to /usr/src/config.new then: make mrproper cp ../config.new .config make oldconfig I used the same procedure when I build the 2.4.18 (2.4.17 "original" config to build the 2.4.18 config) and 2.4.19 kernels. My hardware configuration is as follows: - the two similar drives (hdg/hdh) (IBM-DTLA-307060) connected to the Fasttrak100 Promise RAID controller - the remaining drive (hdi) (IC35L060AVER07-0) connected to the motherboard With 2.4.18 (note: This WORKS) , and using dmesg upon boot I get: ... hdg: IBM-DTLA-307060, ATA DISK drive hdh: IBM-DTLA-307060, ATA DISK drive hdi: IC35L060AVER07-0, ATA DISK drive ... hdg: 120103200 sectors (61493 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=119150/16/63, UDMA(100) hdh: 120103200 sectors (61493 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=119150/16/63, UDMA(100) hdi: 120103200 sectors (61493 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=119150/16/63, UDMA(100) ... Partition check: hdg:<7>LDM: DEBUG (ldm.c, 962): validate_partition_table: No MS-DOS partition found. unknown partition table hdh: [PTBL] [7476/255/63] hdh1 < > hdi: [PTBL] [7476/255/63] hdi1 hdi2 hdi3 hdi4 < hdi5 hdi6 > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 loop: loaded (max 8 devices) Linux video capture interface: v1.00 ide-floppy driver 0.97.sv ataraid/d0: ataraid/d0p1 < ataraid/d0p5 ataraid/d0p6 > Drive 0 is 58644 Mb (34 / 64) Drive 1 is 58644 Mb (34 / 0) Raid0 array consists of 2 drives. ataraid/d1: ataraid/d1p1 ataraid/d1p2 ataraid/d1p3 ataraid/d1p4 < ataraid/d1p5 ataraid/d1p6 > Drive 0 is 58644 Mb (56 / 0) Raid0 array consists of 1 drives. Promise Fasttrak(tm) Softwareraid driver for linux version 0.03beta Highpoint HPT370 Softwareraid driver for linux version 0.01 No raid array found .... the cat /proc/partitions looks like: major minor #blocks name 114 0 120103137 ataraid/d0 114 1 1 ataraid/d0p1 114 5 35849016 ataraid/d0p5 114 6 84244828 ataraid/d0p6 114 16 60051568 ataraid/d1 114 17 7389868 ataraid/d1p1 114 18 40162 ataraid/d1p2 114 19 40162 ataraid/d1p3 114 20 1 ataraid/d1p4 114 21 1413688 ataraid/d1p5 114 22 51166993 ataraid/d1p6 56 0 60051600 hdi 56 1 7389868 hdi1 56 2 40162 hdi2 56 3 40162 hdi3 56 4 1 hdi4 56 5 1413688 hdi5 56 6 51166993 hdi6 34 0 60051600 hdg 34 64 60051600 hdh 34 65 1 hdh1 Note: /dev/ataraid/d1* <===> /dev/hdi* However, with the 2.4.19 kernel (which does NOT work) I get: ... PDC20267: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 68 PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:0d.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:04.2 PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:04.3 PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:09.0 PDC20267: chipset revision 2 ide: Skipping Promise RAID controller. PDC20265: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 88 ... hde: IC35L060AVER07-0, ATA DISK drive ... hde: 120103200 sectors (61493 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=119150/16/63, UDMA(100) ... Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 690M agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro KT133 chipset agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe4000000 ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide ataraid/d0: ataraid/d0p1 ataraid/d0p2 ataraid/d0p3 ataraid/d0p4 < ataraid/d0p5 ataraid/d0p6 > Drive 0 is 58644 Mb (33 / 0) Raid0 array consists of 1 drives. Promise Fasttrak(tm) Softwareraid driver for linux version 0.03beta Highpoint HPT370 Softwareraid driver for linux version 0.01 No raid array found ... and the cat /proc/partitions looks like: major minor #blocks name 114 0 60051568 ataraid/d0 114 1 7389868 ataraid/d0p1 114 2 40162 ataraid/d0p2 114 3 40162 ataraid/d0p3 114 4 1 ataraid/d0p4 114 5 1413688 ataraid/d0p5 114 6 51166993 ataraid/d0p6 33 0 60051600 hde 33 1 7389868 hde1 33 2 40162 hde2 33 3 40162 hde3 33 4 1 hde4 33 5 1413688 hde5 33 6 51166993 hde6 I have lost the two (IBM-DTLA-307060) drives and have /dev/ataraid/do* <===> /dev/hde* therefore cannot do anything. In the 2.4.19 config file: ... CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y ... CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT=y Reviewing the 2.4.19 changelogs I see: ... <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (02/07/26 1.654) Make FastTrak be disabled by default ... <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (02/07/19 1.646) Fix wrong #ifdef in ide-pci.c: Was causing problems with FastTrak ... <marcelo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (02/03/22 1.220.1.24) Add Promise 20276 to supported IDE controllers ... <arjanv@xxxxxxxxxx> (02/04/15 1.383.2.29) [PATCH] Add missing ataraid entries Could any of these changes broken something? I would really like to use 2.4.19 but am limited to 2.4.18 (which works!). Thanks, Alan
