Q: aacraid stability on 64-bit Linux?
While looking for x86_64 servers with raid controllers a vendor indicated that the drivers for Adaptec raid controllers do not work reliably on 64-bit Linux. The controller in question is a 2120S and I am interested in recent 2.4 and 2.6 x86_64 kernels in 64-bit mode. I find the vendor's statement suspicious so I'd like to hear from those with experience with this configuration if there's any truth in it. Thanks for any help.
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Dimitris Michailidis [email protected]
Quoted 6 lines · Dimitris Michailidis
While looking for
x86_64servers with raid controllers a vendor indicated that the drivers for Adaptec raid controllers do not work reliably on 64-bit Linux. The controller in question is a 2120S and I am interested in recent 2.4 and 2.6x86_64kernels in 64-bit mode. I find the vendor's statement suspicious so I'd like to hear from those with experience with this configuration if there's any truth in it.
The I2O based Adaptec drivers are not 64bit clean at all and there seems to be nobody interested in fixing this (it's a huge task) The aacraid driver seems to mostly work if you use the latest version.
-Andi
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The I2O based Adaptec drivers are not 64bit clean at all and there seems to be nobody interested in fixing this (it's a huge task) The aacraid driver seems to mostly work if you use the latest version.
this is not quite true anymore; someone is fixing generic I2O to work with the adaptec hardware and he's quite interested (and actually working on) making that 64 bit clean/