December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
260 pages
9h 18m
English
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The DAC960 Driver
All Mylex cards are supported under the DAC960 driver, written by Leonard Zubkoff. The complete documentation for the driver is included with every kernel (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/README.DAC960). The driver documentation contains a complete compatibility list for Mylex RAID controllers. I recommend referring to this list when purchasing any new controller. If your card is not listed there, you may wish to check the DAC960 driver home page at http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/DAC960.html. As long as your controller shares a firmware revision and processor with a controller that is listed as compatible, you will probably have good results in using any new controllers.
Distribution support
Because the DAC960/DAC1100 driver has been in the kernel for such a long time, most distributions now support direct installation to Mylex arrays. I tested installation with Mandrake, Red Hat, and SuSE.
Configuring the kernel
The DAC960/DAC1100 driver is located under the Block
Devices submenu (see Figure 5-1) and can be
compiled statically or as a loadable kernel module.
Figure 5-1. Enable the DAC960/DAC1100 driver for Mylex support.
Once you have enabled support for the DAC960/DAC1100 driver, you can rebuild and install the new kernel, using the make dep and make bzImage commands.
Device special files
The DAC960/DAC1100 uses a Devfs-style naming system. All device files are located in ...
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