At Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:33:50 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > Hello. > I'm setting up a computer that will run 'CentOS 6 server'. The MB is an > Asus with a hw raid controller (Promise PDC-20276), which I want to use > in RAID-1 mode. I noted (from a MB website) that it also needs a driver > - which is probably why it's called a 'fakeraid'. > > So, I've been trying to determine if any recent kernels support this > chip. Using google.com/linux, I found lots of hits dating about 2002 - > 04, and referencing the 2.4 kernel (which had the driver compiled into > it). But, nothing newer. > > I checked kernel.org and kernelnewbies.org - I see that raid-1 is > supported. But, I can't find any reference to this chip. > > How can I find out what drivers are compiled into a given kernel? Or, > basically what hardware a given kernel supports? Many of the SATA (so-called) hardware raid controllers are not really hardware raid controllers, they are 'fakeraid' and requires lots of software RAID logic. You are generally *better off* to *disable* the motherboard RAID controller and use native Linux software RAID. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller at deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments