In message <1194319214.17361.36.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > > I had been looking at the Adaptec 2240900-R PCI Express and HighPoint > RocketRAID 2300 PCI Express. These are both *raid* cards. But if they > can be used as a regular controller card, they both provide 4 SATA ports > and are PCI-e. But sounds like the RocketRAID doesn't work with the > 2.6.22+ kernel (according to newegg reviewers). It sounds like the > Adaptec works quite nicely though. Be careful. Ideally, the controller should be supported by drivers that are included withthe standard kernel.org Linux tree. If this is not the case, try to find out if you get Linux drivers with *complete* source code. Both Highpoint (RocketRAID) and Adaptec are known to include binary-only modules in their drivers, even if they seem to provide source code. This is always a PITA and may seriously mimit your on specific *usually very old) kernel versions. > Sounds pretty iffy there. That Adaptec card I mentioned is going for > about 100 USD. Seems like a lot for 4 ports. But sounds like it works I returned such a card because I could not get it working with the kernel versions I wanted to run. On the other hand, the Supermicro card worked fine for me out of the box. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@xxxxxxx When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first hus- band. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. -- Oscar Wilde - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
