Promise FastTrak100 TX2/TX2000 Series

[Chris Drake]

Hi Michele,

You might want to do some performance testing first - I've read
several places already that said it's *loads* slower using the promise
drivers than using software RAID instead?

Kind Regards,
Chris Drake


Monday, May 17, 2004, 9:53:05 PM, you wrote:

MC> Hi,

MC> the controller Promise FastTrak, everybody knows, isn't supported by
MC> RedHat and Fedora if you intend to use controller functionality.
MC> Promise has released the partial source code of the driver, wich is a
MC> software driver, that works for me.
MC> I made a simple kernel-module RPM easy to use and I like to know if this
MC> module can help someone.


MC> HOW TO USE:
MC> 1. Download the src.rpm
MC> http://www.soulbit.org/download/kernel-module-FastTrak-1.0.3.soul.src.rpm
MC> 2. Recompile src.rpm on the kernel sources you intend to use and then
MC> install the rpm.

MC> It's very preliminary, let me know what do you think about :)