CVSROOT: /cvs/dm Module name: dmraid Changes by: heinzm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2008-02-22 16:48:26 Modified files: . : README Log message: initial 1.0.0.rc11 checkin Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/dmraid/README.diff?cvsroot=dm&r1=1.1&r2=1.2 --- dmraid/README 2005/08/31 12:43:38 1.1 +++ dmraid/README 2008/02/22 16:48:26 1.2 @@ -1 +1,106 @@ -dmraid +******************************************************************************** +* * +* dmraid (Device-Mapper Software RAID support tool) 1.0.0.rc11 2006.05.15 * +* * +* (C)opyright 2004-2006 Heinz Mauelshagen, Red Hat GmbH. * +* All rights reserved. * +* * +******************************************************************************** + +Feature set: +------------ +This software discovers, activates, deactivates and displays properties +of software RAID sets (eg, ATARAID) and contained DOS partitions. + +dmraid uses libdevmapper and the device-mapper kernel runtime to create +devices with respective mappings for the ATARAID sets discovered. + +The following ATARAID types are supported: + +Adaptec HostRAID ASR +Highpoint HPT37X +Highpoint HPT45X +Intel Software RAID +JMicron JMB36x +LSI Logic MegaRAID +NVidia NForce +Promise FastTrack +Silicon Image Medley +VIA Software RAID + +Beside hints, enhancement proposals and patches, I want to know, if the mappings +the tool creates ("dmraid -tay") are correct for your ATARAID configuration. + +Thank you for your support of dmraid. + + +License/Disclaimer: +------------------- +This software is released under the GPL/LGPL respectively. + +See file headers, LICENSE, LICENSE_GPL and LICENSE_LGPL for details. + +This is Alpha software and it can destroy your data! + +So please take backups and start accessing your data in dmraid +activated ATARAID sets READ-ONLY first before you try to write it! + + +Minimum prerequisites to run this software: +------------------------------------------- + +o a recent mainline Linux 2.6 kernel (includes needed + device-mapper mirror changes) + + +Additional minimum prerequisites to build this software: +-------------------------------------------------------- +o device mapper userpace installed (http://sources.redhat.com/dm/) + +o the i386 rpm or source tarball for dmraid from + http://people.redhat.com/heinzm/sw/dmraid/ + + +Build/Install: +-------------- +To install the rpm + +rpm -i [--nodeps] dmraid-1.0.0.rc10.i386.rpm + +- or - + +to build in an empty directory and install from source + +tar jxvf dmraid-1.0.0.rc10.tar.bz2 +./configure # see ./configure --help for options +make +make install + + +In case you want to dietize dmraid, you need to build device-mapper with +'make CC="diet cc"' *and* install libdevmapper.a as /lib/libdevmapper_dietc.a. + +Run "./configure --enable-dietlibc" before make. + + +Howto start: +------------ +See "dmraid -h" for the synopsis and "man dmraid" for more details +including some usage examples. + +Your first command is probably "dmraid -s". + +See TODO for known outstanding issues. + +See doc/dmraid_design.txt for design notes. + +See lib/format/template/ if you want to start your own metadata format +handler implementation :) + + +Contacts: +--------- +The author can be reached at <Mauelshagen@xxxxxxxxxx>. + +For discussions, questions, patches, enhancement requests etc., +please subscribe and mail to <ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx>. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
