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Søren Schmidt
6ddce9039b Major update of the ATA RAID code, part 1:
Overhaul of the attach/detach code and structures, there were some nasty
bugs in the old implementation. This made it possible to collapse the
ATA/ATAPI device control structures into one generic structure.

A note here, the kernel is NOT ready for detach of active devices,
it fails all over in random places, but for inactive devices it works.
However for ATA RAID this works, since the RAID abstration layer
insulates the buggy^H^H^H^H^H^Hfragile device subsystem from the
physical disks.

Proberly detect the RAID's from the BIOS, and mark critical RAID1
arrays as such, but continue if there is enough of the mirror left
to do so.

Properly fail arrays on a live system. For RAID0 that means return EIO,
and for RAID1 it means continue on the still working part of the mirror
if possible, else return EIO.
If the state changes, log this to the console.

Allow for Promise & Highpoint controllers/arrays to coexist on the
same machine. It is not possible to distribute arrays over different
makes of controllers though.

If Promise SuperSwap enclosures are used, signal disk state on the
status LED on the front.

Misc fixes that I had lying around for various minor bugs.

Sponsored by: Advanis Inc.
2002-02-04 19:23:40 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
c36c574aaa Update the promise raid structure with some of the info I've gathered
before I'm accused of "lending" it from somebody else.
2001-10-04 18:02:26 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
f601b4eb7c Overhaul to minimize stack usage, in some places >2K was used
on the stack *blush*...
2001-09-20 15:25:36 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
95eaffae1b Add session argument to *close_disk, allowing to set session type on fixate.
Add support for different blank/erase types.

Update headers.
2001-01-10 19:19:47 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
6cc33af8f1 Update the config gathering code for both Promise & HPT 2000-11-01 17:35:44 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
0f4eed7d8b Clean up the raid code a bit, also allow disks on HPT controllers to
be swapped around and still be put in the correct order in a raid.
2000-10-22 12:17:57 +00:00
Søren Schmidt
e9cf6115e4 Add support for ATA "pseudo" RAID controllers as the Promise Fasttrak
and HighPoint HPT370 controllers.

Use by defining the RAID in the BIOS and the "ar driver will pick it up
automagically...
2000-10-13 13:04:45 +00:00