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0000986channel: elrepo/el8--elrepo--request-for-enhancement--public2022-01-18 08:01
Reportermerlinus Assigned Totoracat  
PrioritynormalSeverityblockReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Summary0000986: Add CentOS 8.1 driver support for sata_sil24 driver
DescriptionI have been a Fedora user since v1 but decided recently to switch to CentOS. CentOS 8.1 came out and I replaced Fedora 30 with it on my 7-year-old file server, with a JBOD of 2TB WD Reds using software RAID 6.

All went well with the install on two mirrored 256GB SSD until I noticed it does not see my JBOD/Software RAID drives upon completion of the install.

I use Addonics AD5SARPM-E port multipliers for the JBOD.

From some research, it appears these drivers were deprecated in RedHat 7 and removed in RedHat 8. I am surprised they still exist in Fedora, which seems the reverse of what I would expect.

All that said, thanks to excellent help on the CentOS forum from toracat, I have learned I need the sata_sil24 driver.

Can a kmod rpm please be created for this? Also a DUD though I am hopeful not to have to reinstall CentOS 8.1

01:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller [1095:3132] (rev 01)

Thank you!
Additional InformationThe lspci -nn output for my Addonics port multiplier is:

01:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller [1095:3132] (rev 01)
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toracat

2020-01-27 19:07

administrator   ~0006786

Ack. We will release the kmod to the testing repo when it's ready.

toracat

2020-01-28 12:04

administrator   ~0006789

The following files/packages have been built and will be syncing to our mirror sites:

DUD
  dd-sata_sil24-0.0-1.el8_1.elrepo.iso
  dd-sata_sil24-0.0-1.el8_1.elrepo.SHA256SUM.asc

kmod (elrepo-testing repo)
  kmod-sata_sil24-0.0-1.el8_1.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

Please test and let us know if they work for you.

merlinus

2020-01-28 20:19

reporter   ~0006794

I installed the kmod rpm and that did it! Thank you very much!

I am able to see all drives on the port multiplier and the RAID 6 was already assembled and ready to mount after the reboot completed.

PS - note for the record that I have not tested the DUD, though of course I have every reason to believe it would work just as successfully as the kmod package did.

toracat

2020-01-29 02:03

administrator   ~0006796

Thanks for reporting back. Glad to hear the success. We will move the kmod package to the main repository.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-01-27 18:06 merlinus New Issue
2020-01-27 18:06 merlinus Status new => assigned
2020-01-27 18:06 merlinus Assigned To => toracat
2020-01-27 19:07 toracat Note Added: 0006786
2020-01-28 12:04 toracat Note Added: 0006789
2020-01-28 12:04 toracat Status assigned => feedback
2020-01-28 20:19 merlinus Note Added: 0006794
2020-01-29 02:03 toracat Note Added: 0006796
2020-01-29 02:03 toracat Status feedback => resolved
2020-01-29 02:03 toracat Resolution open => fixed