IANA driver programmer, so I can't comment on the quality. But using that v111 from above compiled with NON_RAID=1 and some boot trickery (boot with no drives connected to the controller, so the BIOS on the card isn't loaded. Then connect drives before loading driver) seems to be the only way for me to make the card work properly.
Using the same trick with the hpt366 driver cause slow data rates and drive_cmd: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } errors,
Just my .02c worth. I was using 7 Maxtor SATA drives with 2 RocketRaid 1540's.
I tried all the available in-kernel drivers with many 2.4 and 2.6 kernels and resorted to using the hpt supplied drivers compiled from source with NON_RAID=1. I was using md raid-5 and with this combo and it was rock solid for months (Before I upgraded to Promise TX4 controllers). With the in-kernel hpt drivers I never managed more than 15mb/s to or from the disks. Slow as a wet week in may (In the southern hemisphere anyway).
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