At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello.
> I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an
> Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use
> in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also needs a driver
> - which is probably why it's called a 'fakeraid'.
>
> So, I've been trying to determine if any recent kernels support this
> chip. Using google.com/linux, I found lots of hits dating about 2002 -
> 04, and referencing the 2.4 kernel (which had the driver compiled into
> it). But, nothing newer.
>
> I checked kernel.org and kernelnewbies.org - I see that raid-1 is
> supported. But, I can't find any reference to this chip.
>
> How can I find out what drivers are compiled into a given kernel? Or,
> basically what hardware a given kernel supports?
Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really
hardware raid controllers, they are 'fakeraid' and requires lots of
software RAID logic. You are generally *better off* to *disable* the
motherboard RAID controller and use native Linux software RAID.
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