This driver is for Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. Supported Cards: ---------------- This driver is known to work with the following cards: * SMART (EISA) * SMART-2/E (EISA) * SMART-2/P * SMART-2DH * SMART-2SL * SMART-221 * SMART-3100ES * SMART-3200 * Integrated Smart Array Controller * SA 4200 * SA 4250ES * SA 431 * RAID LC2 Controller It should also work with some really old Disk array adapters, but I am unable to test against these cards: * IDA * IDA-2 * IAES Installing: ----------- You need to build a new kernel to use this device, even if you want to use a loadable module. Apply the patch to a 2.2.x kernel: # cd linux # patch -p1 <smart2.patch Then build a new kernel and turn on Compaq SMART2 Disk Array support. Create device nodes for the diskarray device: # mkdev.ida [ctlrs] Where ctlrs is the number of controllers you have (defaults to 1 if not specified). EISA Controllers: ----------------- If you want to use an EISA controller you'll have to supply some insmod/lilo paramaters. If the driver is compiled into the kernel, must give it the controller's IO port address at boot time (it is no longer necessary to specifiy the IRQ). For example, if you had two SMART-2/E controllers, in EISA slots 1 and 2 you'd give it a boot argument like this: smart2=0x1000,0x2000 If you were loading the driver as a module, you'd give load it like this: insmod cpqarray.o eisa=0x1000,0x2000 You can use EISA and PCI adapters at the same time. Booting: -------- You'll need to use a modified lilo if you want to boot from a disk array. Its simply a version of lilo with some code added to tell it how to understand Compaq diskarray devices. Device Naming: -------------- You need some entries in /dev for the ida device. The mkdev.ida script can make device nodes for you automatically. Currently the device setup is as follows: Major numbers: 72 ida0 73 ida1 74 ida2 etc... Minor numbers: b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0 |----+----| |----+----| | | | +-------- Partition ID (0=wholedev, 1-15 partition) | +-------------------- Logical Volume number The suggested device naming scheme is: /dev/ida/c0d0 Controller 0, disk 0, whole device /dev/ida/c0d0p1 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1 /dev/ida/c0d0p2 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2 /dev/ida/c0d0p3 Controller 0, disk 0, partition 3 /dev/ida/c1d1 Controller 1, disk 1, whole device /dev/ida/c1d1p1 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1 /dev/ida/c1d1p2 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2 /dev/ida/c1d1p3 Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3Download Driver Pack
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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.
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