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#         Silicon Image SiI SATA controller                           #
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1. OVERVIEW
   This driver disk adds support for SiI SATA controller that is otherwise
   not supported by a Distribution. For newer kernels this driver overrides
   the Open Source Driver.

   Supported versions:

      * SuSE Enterprise 9.0, SP3 RC5, Kernel revision 2.6.5-7.244.
      * This driver rev. 1.0.9.0 supports 64-bit AMD/Intel platforms for 
        SiI3124 controller with Raid5 port multiplier and hot-plug capabilities.


2. CREATE FLOPPY

 A floppy disk is required to install into a brand new (or blank) disk drive. 

   Several Options:
 
  . If you received a zip file, Use Winzip to unzip the [distribution]filename.zip file on to a formatted floppy disk.
  . If you received a tgz file, extract the contents of the [distribution]_sii____rhdd.tgz file on to a
    formatted floppy disk. (e.g. use tar xzf [distribution]_sii____rdhh.tgz)
    
  . If you received an img file, and you are running windows: use "rawrite.exe sii____.img A:" 

  . If you are running Linux:  use "dd if=filename.img of=/dev/fd0"
 
  Note: IMPORTANT NOTE FOR OEM CUSTOMERS
        ADD your PCI ID to the "pcitable" file if OEM VendorId is going to be different 
        from SiI 0x1095 IDs. (End Users should ignore this step) 

 
   *** The following BIOS BOOT sequence is recommended => CD, Hard Disk, Floppy



3. INSTALL SOFTWARE SuSE

     The installation requires special care since SuSE 9.x series reboots automatically.
     By default SuSE wants to boot from the Hard Disk.  At Boot Time manual intervention is required to choose Installation.

     3.1  Insert SP3 Bootable( disk 1) CDROM.

     3.2  Insert the driver floppy, When CD boots, press "F6" Key for Driver Disk.

     3.3  Choose "Installation" option, instead of "Boot From Hard Disk"
     3.4  When driver Update Menu pop-up, press "OK" to load the driver and then "BACK" to go back to installer.

     3.5  Swap to SLES CD as prompt indicated.

     3.6  When it comes to Yast Base installation screen, select "I Agree" to the license agreement.

     3.7   Follow the rest of the instructions to complete the installation

4. GENERAL INFO

   . If you cat /proc/scsi/si31*/* you should see the Driver as reported by
     the kernel
 
   . If you cat /proc/scsi/scsi you should see the your device as reported
     by the kernel


5. New Features and bug fixes

   1. This revision has fixed the TimeStamp problem on raid5 set.
   2. This revision has fixed a system hang issue during RAID5 set partitioning or I/O write to RAID5 set on certain platforms.

6. Known Restrictions

   1. The ATAPI CD/DVD write is not ready. Please also note that ATAPI hot plug is not expected.
   2. Do not form a raid5 set while any of its members were rebuilding for another raid set.

Note: Console Keystrokes Contents 

1 [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F1] installation dialog 
2 [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F2] shell prompt 
3 [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F3] install log (messages from installation program) 
4 [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F4] system-related messages 
5 [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F5] other messages 
7 [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F7] X graphical display


7. To run the Raid5 GUI,

	1. Raid5 Driver need to be loaded before running GUI.
	2. Install jre (Java Runtime Environment), the jre revision needs to be 1.5.0 or above.
	3. Run daemon by entering SATARaid5Daemon64_SuSE&, or SATARaid5Daemon_xxxx& depending on platforms.
	4. Run Raid5 GUI by execute script ./SATARaid5Manager, you might need to modify the script to specify the path of the java directory.

