From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5586 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 17:42:29 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 17:42:29 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb0Oz-0003H8-GG for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 17:42:29 +0000 Received: (qmail 17951 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 17:42:12 +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 15333 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 17:42:12 +0000 Message-ID: <32802.192.168.1.113.1102268465.squirrel@192.168.1.113> In-Reply-To: <200412051230.35344.mcbrides9@comcast.net> References: <200412042145.01033.mcbrides9@comcast.net> <200412051631.11957.mike@gaima.co.uk> <200412051754.25440.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <200412051230.35344.mcbrides9@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:41:05 -0500 (EST) From: "J. Patrick Campbell" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on neo.lowmips.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Pyzor: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Add in cards? X-Archives-Salt: e033cdf3-15ab-4aef-83b0-70eaeab38472 X-Archives-Hash: 65f55e08570756de36879f0d299cbc2a On Sun, December 5, 2004 12:30 pm, Jerry McBride said: > 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 V= ia >> > > 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 the= y? >> > > 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. > i have this card and i've had 0 problems with it. ~P > > > -- > > ***********************************************************************= ******* > 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 $150.0= 0! > 12:18pm up 56 days, 20:04, 8 users, load average: 0.10, 0.14, 0.= 09 > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > --=20 http://patrickcampbell.us -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list