[SiI SATARaid Linux device driver ver 1.0.0.16 Release]
Driver Files IMG: [distribution]sii6512.img
Driver Files TGZ: [distribution]sii6512_rhdd.tgz
Driver Dates: 7/25/03
Features:
1. Support RedHat 7.3/8.0/9.0, SuSE 8.0,8.1,8.2 UL 1.0
2. Support Mirrored Set and Striped Set.
3. Support hot-plug for member of Mirrored Set.
4. Support SiI3x12 and SiI6x12 chips rev 1.1 and above.
5. Support of multiply instances of controller (up to 4)
6. Support of ATA/ATAPI devices in PIO,MDMA and UDMA modes
7. Automatic selection of highest data transfer mode
8. CHS, LBA and 48 bit addressing
9. Supports commands on each channel simultaneously.
10. IOCTL calls support
11. Shutdown notification
12. Support of boot parameters
13. SMP support
14. JAVA RAID GUI
15. BIGMEM support
Limitations:
1. No ATAPI device support.
2. Don't support old Maxtor drive in UDMA 6 due to Maxtor's firmware bug.
3. Mod15Write fix for Seagate Drives (for chipset versions 3112 1.21 or older)
4. Make sure open source driver for SiI SATA drives is disabled
Fixes:
1.0.0.10
1. Changed Debounce Timer from 50 ms to 500 ms
2. Added support for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) (multiple CPUs)
3. Fix Memory Address Space from 256 to 512 bytes (3x12 SATA)
4. Added Wrapper Support. Allows Driver to be compiled with different Kernel
Versions (OEM version only)
1.0.0.11
1. Support for 7.3 Vero Beach
1.0.0.12
1. JAVA RAID GUI SUPPORT
2. IRQ Sharing (Multi Chipset sharing IRQ)
3. One PCITABLE for all chipsets
4. Started Adding SuSE tree
5. Driver Supports 64bit Kernels
1.0.0.13
1. 9.0 Support
2. Fix IRQ Sharing Super Micro using RAID
1.0.0.14
1. Fix MetaData Write Bug when in MIRROR RAID (RAID 1)
2. Added UL and SuSE distributions
3. Significant cleanup of scripting files
4. More Documentation
1.0.0.15
1. Fixed Shutdown from graphical interface missing
SYS_OFF
2. Fixes for 64bit RAID bugs
3. Added 8.0 SuSE
4. Bigmem Support
5. Added SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 Pro (Intel)
6. Added UnitedLinux 1.0 SMP/64 bit architectures
1.0.0.16
1. Make all modules non-GPL
2. Added partial support for 2.4.20-6 (RH 9.0 retail)
3. Wrapper tested
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.