Configure.help entry fix

Steven Pritchard (steve@silug.org)
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:42:34 -0600


Then entry in Configure.help for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID starts
out "3ware is the only hardware ATA-Raid product in Linux to date."
This is a mistake, since the driver for the Adaptec 2400A card
(dpt_i2o) is in the kernel.

I've included a patch below to fix that, plus add a note about a data
corruption issue that users should be aware of. I suppose the entry
should probably also include the standard "If you want to compile this
driver as a module..." block also...

On a side note, shouldn't CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID really be
something like CONFIG_SCSI_3W_XXXX_RAID?

Steve

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--- Documentation/Configure.help.orig Fri Dec 21 11:41:53 2001 +++ Documentation/Configure.help Thu Dec 27 23:34:49 2001 @@ -917,9 +917,13 @@ 3ware Hardware ATA-RAID support CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID - 3ware is the only hardware ATA-Raid product in Linux to date. - This card is 2,4, or 8 channel master mode support only. - SCSI support required!!! + This driver supports the 3ware Escalade 5000, 6000, and 7000-series + IDE RAID controllers. + + Note that RAID 5 on 6000-series controllers requires a recent + firmware revision. Running old firmware or old versions of the + driver on a degraded RAID 5 array can cause data corruption on the + array. See 3ware's web site for firmware updates. <http://www.3ware.com/> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/