Re: [coreboot] set for a raid system
Am Donnerstag, den 12.03.2015, 05:55 -0700 schrieb Milton Krutt: > Thanks Paul. > > > so, software RAID is fine too? > What about hardware based ones? Sorry, I have no idea if there are boards with a hardware RAID supported by coreboot. > > As you wrote small, I suggest the ASRock E350M1 [1] or the Jetway > > NF81-T56N-LF [2]. > > > > If I’m right, the chipset can also set up a RAID, but you need the AHCI > > firmware for it (see `SB800_AHCI_ROM`). Though in the end that’s also > > just a software RAID, so you can use, for example, Linux’ mdraid right > > away. > > Which proprietary parts do [1] and [2] need to work? > > For instance, I saw that VGA works for the Jetaway, but the entry > does not say if I need some proprietary firmware. (While for the ASrock > seems quite obvious that I need the blob). Please read the Wiki page *Binary Situation* [1]. All boards with AMD graphics currently need the proprietary Video BIOS to work. Alexandru is doing some native graphics initialization work for the AMD HP laptop in the tree. You also need a BLOB for USB 3/xHCI support and hardware fan control, if I am not mistaken. Of the two boards mentioned above, only the ASRock E350M1/USB3 has an USB 3 port. Then, proprietary firmware for the System Management Unit (SMU) is also needed. At last, don’t forget about microcode updates. Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.coreboot.org/Binary_situation signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] set for a raid system
On Thursday, March 12, 2015 05:55:56 AM Milton Krutt wrote: > Thanks Paul. > > > so, software RAID is fine too? > > What about hardware based ones? > Just do mdraid with linux. Alex -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] set for a raid system
Thanks Paul. > so, software RAID is fine too? What about hardware based ones? > As you wrote small, I suggest the ASRock E350M1 [1] or the Jetway > NF81-T56N-LF [2]. > > If I’m right, the chipset can also set up a RAID, but you need the AHCI > firmware for it (see `SB800_AHCI_ROM`). Though in the end that’s also > just a software RAID, so you can use, for example, Linux’ mdraid right > away. Which proprietary parts do [1] and [2] need to work? For instance, I saw that VGA works for the Jetaway, but the entry does not say if I need some proprietary firmware. (While for the ASrock seems quite obvious that I need the blob). Bye -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
Re: [coreboot] set for a raid system
Dear Milton, Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2015, 17:12 -0700 schrieb Milton Krutt: > Hi, can anyone suggest me a motherboard that is > suitable to set up a small backup server, say 10TB, > using some flavour of RAID (and running coreboot of > course) ? so, software RAID is fine too? As you wrote small, I suggest the ASRock E350M1 [1] or the Jetway NF81-T56N-LF [2]. If I’m right, the chipset can also set up a RAID, but you need the AHCI firmware for it (see `SB800_AHCI_ROM`). Though in the end that’s also just a software RAID, so you can use, for example, Linux’ mdraid right away. Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.coreboot.org/Board:asrock/e350m1 [2] http://www.coreboot.org/Board:jetway/nf81-t56n-lf signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
