From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23205 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 17:31:11 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 17:31:11 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb0E3-000119-FJ for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 17:31:11 +0000 Received: (qmail 4132 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 17:30:54 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 19914 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 17:30:54 +0000 From: Jerry McBride Organization: TEAM GENTOO To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:30:35 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <200412042145.01033.mcbrides9@comcast.net> <200412051631.11957.mike@gaima.co.uk> <200412051754.25440.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <200412051754.25440.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200412051230.35344.mcbrides9@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Add in cards? X-Archives-Salt: 5dfd6185-d794-4a49-9a89-03a317751e8a X-Archives-Hash: 3320f780ab8e1bb6a9b7ebcc14f7c2e1 On Sunday 05 December 2004 11:54 am, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sunday 05 December 2004 17:31, Mike Williams wrote: > > On Sunday 05 December 2004 16:22, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > as long as you are not using via-boards, you should be fine. > > > > > > > > btw, aren't the promise-drivers closed source? > > > > > > There is no fundamental problem that makes Promise cards fail on Via > > > boards. I use them together under Windows and Linux. > > > > Drivers have also been in all stock kernels for *years*. > > Never had to look to Promise for drivers for their cards, so don't know > > if they have written their own. > > that is nice to know. hm but their raid-drivers are closed, aren't they? > Maybe. But what was being discussed was the ULTRA 133TX which is not raid... > If I have a look at the promise-website I find a lot of downloadable > drivers for SuSE and RedHat, does not look much like 'in kernel' > The driver is in the kernel, under drivers, ata... PDC202xx... Cheers. -- ****************************************************************************** Registered Linux User Number 185956 FSF Associate Member number 2340 since 05/20/2004 Join me in chat at #linux-users on irc.freenode.net Buy an Xbox for $149.00, run linux on it and Microsoft loses $150.00! 12:18pm up 56 days, 20:04, 8 users, load average: 0.10, 0.14, 0.09 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list