Bug 112064 - RHEL3 U5: Support for SATA RAID feature of Intel ICH6R
Summary: RHEL3 U5: Support for SATA RAID feature of Intel ICH6R
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 3.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Susan Denham
QA Contact:
URL: IT_29924, IT_34430, IT_30426, IT_26013
Whiteboard: Kernel
Depends On:
Blocks: 115265 133089
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-12-13 21:55 UTC by Susan Denham
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2004-10-28 16:09:32 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
ICH6R patch (simplified, plus short doc) (22.12 KB, patch)
2004-05-02 13:42 UTC, Susan Denham
no flags Details | Diff

Description Susan Denham 2003-12-13 21:55:08 UTC
H/W availability: Prototype units will becoming available starting in late
January. HP has plans to make systems available to RH.

Comment 2 Susan Denham 2003-12-13 22:01:54 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 112063 ***

Comment 3 Tim Burke 2003-12-15 17:12:55 UTC
*** Bug 112066 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Tim Burke 2003-12-15 17:14:23 UTC
Argh, reopening due to recursive duplicates.

Comment 5 Tim Burke 2003-12-15 17:15:08 UTC
Feature review meeting
waiting for code and hardware so putting in needinfo

Comment 7 Susan Denham 2004-02-09 15:10:36 UTC
*** Bug 112066 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Susan Denham 2004-02-09 15:14:36 UTC
Jeff has all required ICH6 documentation.  He had an ICH6 system from Dell, but
Dell needed it back.  We've got an ICH6 system (Copper River) coming from Intel,
but it's not here yet 2 weeks and 2 days before dev close for U2.  I've
requested that this ship from Intel overnight (today) to Jeff.

Comment 9 Jeff Garzik 2004-02-09 20:05:34 UTC
Ditto comments in 112062 about ICH5 SATA RAID:  kernel portion is OK to add, but
the installer portion may not be ready by U2.

Still waiting on ICH6 hardware, should arrive today.


Comment 10 Tim Burke 2004-02-09 20:54:17 UTC
Note: created corresponding bug #115265 to represent the corresponding installer
portion.


Comment 14 Susan Denham 2004-04-21 11:06:08 UTC
Re-opening and throwing back into New Requests bucket for RHEL 3 U3.

Comment 15 Susan Denham 2004-05-02 13:39:39 UTC
And this from Jeff Garzik in response on 1 March 04:


March 01:

Wanted to also make it clear that we will be providing ACHI support in simple --
not full -- mode only in U2.  
We have deferred "full mode" AHCI support to U3.   

And to re-confirm:  We ARE providing all necessary ICH5R/6R *hardware* support
in U2.

We discussed all of the above during a phone call today with Steve Carbonari and
Dave Patterson; will also confirm this in email today and copy Shan Hemphill,
Keve, and Diana.

Comment 16 Susan Denham 2004-05-02 13:42:59 UTC
Created attachment 99882 [details]
ICH6R patch (simplified, plus short doc)

Comment 18 Susan Denham 2004-05-24 15:05:28 UTC
Sent to Intel 5/24:

Urgent:  We need Intel to provide a patch built against RHEL 3 codebase (not
just upstream) that **safely maintains compatibility**.  The iswraid feature was
posted to rhkernel-list a while ago and upon review, RH kernel engineers found
some problems that could cause data corruption.  These exact same problems still
exist.  The author of the patch at Intel was correct in saying that the patch as
posted (why isn't it attached here in the IT?) doesn't introduce data
corruption.  The problem lies in the upstream 2.4.x having a special "BH_Sync"
flag that RHEL 3 cannot add without breaking a key ABI data structure.  So the
data corruption comes in via the backport of the patch to RHEL 3.

Putting this same note in FZ 112062 for "RHEL 3 U3 ICH5R SATA" support feature
request.



Comment 19 Tim Burke 2004-06-07 19:42:16 UTC
Setting to closed/deferred because code freeze is a week away and we haven't
recieved compatible code based against our tree.

Comment 20 Larry Troan 2004-07-16 15:27:28 UTC
Reopening for U4 per partner request.

Comment 21 Susan Denham 2004-08-13 18:34:12 UTC
Dell specifically doesn't need this for U4.

Comment 22 Susan Denham 2004-08-13 18:39:12 UTC
Dell not sure whether ataraid used by w/s; not used by servers.  (ignore
previous comment).

Comment 23 Susan Denham 2004-08-19 14:48:12 UTC
Sent in mail to Tim B and Jeff Garzik 8/19 (also posted at 112062):


Per comment 24 in 112062 (related), I sent mail to Intel to let them know our
objections.

The Intel developer (Martin Krikis) replied on 7/9:  "Attaching a
patch containing version 0.1.4 of iswraid. The patch is taken against
2.4.26 with the libata patch already applied. It applies cleanly to
RHEL3 update 3 source as well and seems to work fine with it. There is
new documentation in the patch which is worth the read, several bug
fixes and several enhancements.

>> TIM AND JEFF, PAY SPECIAL NOTE -->  Martin goes on to say, "However,
because I haven't been able to understand what were RedHat's objections
to version 0.1.3 minus the BH_Sync flag, there are no magic fixes
against the so-called "potential data corrupter" and are not being
planned either. The interested persons were all copied on my last email
and I am waiting for a response."

Sue here.  I see nothing posted back to FZ 112064 capturing a resolution
of the potential data corrupter issue  (companion is 112062).  Did
anyone respond to Martin Krikis of Intel who says in IT 29924 that he
sent us ("interested persons") mail on 7/9?  

Dell doesn't need this, but HP either needs this in U4 or wants Intel to agree
that there's another solution (md) that's just as good.  (HP looking for
alignment with Intel or consistent message that Linux users don't really need
SATA RAID.)


Comment 25 Robert Perkins 2004-09-08 21:39:44 UTC
Moving to Investigate; the blocking FZ bug #112062 is ASSIGNED for U4.  

As Tim said, for U4, we need to 
a)  communicate back to Intel specifically what the issues were.
b)  see if we can get a fix version from them.
If the Intel developer is stuck, and we can unstick him, we should.
If not, then it won't make it in, and will just jump to RHEL3 U5 in INVESTIGATE
as desired.  Either way, we need to resolve it.



Comment 35 Larry Troan 2004-10-28 12:29:01 UTC
Intel has agreed that the Linux software RAID function is preferred to their
proprietary software driver. FZ was closed based on this. 

Will reopen FZ and ask Enginering if anything has changed. HP requesting for U5.

Comment 36 Larry Troan 2004-10-28 12:31:35 UTC
Note that this FZ has been identified as breaking the kABI.

Comment 37 Larry Troan 2004-10-28 16:09:32 UTC
Per Sue Denham, Intel no longer plans to provide the "R" software for ICH5 or
ICH6. They agree that the Linux software RAID function is preferred to their
proprietary software driver.

I'm therefore reclosing this FZ as WONTFIX.


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