[ale] Linux support for Intel Matrix Storage Manager?

[William Fragakis]

Not quite (on the graphics driver) - the i810 driver has been  
apparently problematic for the GMA950 (945G) chipset. But your post did  
lead me to an answer:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-74891.html

thanks,
William
On Dec 14, 2005, at 4:29 PM, Barlow, Jim D wrote:

> I'll top-post too ;-)
>
> The drivers for the Intel Graphics Media Adapter are integrated into
> xfree / x.org in the i810 tree.   You want to specify the i810 driver.
>
> http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/ 
> drivers/
> i810/
>
> Here is where the Intel Matrix Storage Manager software is:
>
> http://linux.yyz.us/sata/
>
> It has been in the kernel since 2.6.10-r2 fed in through RedHat
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> William Fragakis
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:28 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Linux support for Intel Matrix Storage Manager?
>
>>
> A few months ago I built a couple of servers on Intel 945G mbs
> (Gigabyte from newegg.com). No problems on the build. There are no good
> linux video drivers for the 945g, though. You either have to hack them
> or use a generic driver. You have few options in chipsets which support
> the dual-cores, of course. (It took me an RMA to figure that one out).
> I don't remember exactly, but only the Intel 945 and another support
> it. Don't depend on my memory but do look it up.
>
> Just be aware that the Intel dual cores and AMD differ architecturally,
> (AMDs talk chip to chip which is faster than Intels talking over the
> front side bus which is why the Intels are cheaper).
>
> Regards,
> William
> (I'm one of those nefarious top posters. Don't try to sway me.)
>
>> 4. Are there other motherboards out there that folks would like to
>> recommend? The must-have features are Pentium D support, four or more
>> SATA
>> connectors, and Gigabit Ethernet. Nice-to-have features would be an
>> on-board VGA for in-front-of-the-rack management or serial port for
> OOB
>> console (I can buy a cheap video card or a USB serial adapter if
>> necessary, but I'd rather not).
>
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