On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 at 7:20pm, Remco Barendse wrote
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 at 9:20am, Bryan J. Smith wrote
Claims to have fixed the write performance issues with multiple volumes. Haven't tried it personally (I do not have a 9500S card, and I have only installed one once for a client).
NOTE: This (9.2.1.1) is an actual, formal, supported release -- not an unsupported engineering release.
It does seem a bit rushed, though, as the firmware included in the driver is *older* than the firmware one downloads separately as part of the codeset. ??
Is it possible to upgrade the firmware from CentOS? I'm using CentOS 4 with the built-in kernel module.
The box doesn't have a floppy drive or anything so it's no so easy to update from floppy. My boot volume is on the 3Ware
You can use the 'fw' driver that 3ware distributes. But, as I mentioned above, in this case it doesn't include the latest firmware, which is the one that actually fixes the multiple-unit bug. So you have to manually flash it from a DOS environment. If you can't shoehorn a floppy in temporarily, have a look at PXE. Or, just wait -- 3ware says on the website they'll be releasing an updated driver with the right firmware.