Re: How do I know whether a specific driver being used?

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Sun Nov 05 2006 - 05:16:46 EST


On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:30 -0800, xp newbie wrote:
> I am using an Ubuntu system with kernel 2.6.15-27-686.
>
> I am trying to find out whether I need to compile
> myself a driver for my Promise FastTrack 378
> controller as described here:
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=362780

Hi,

no you don't need those drivers; the linux kernel and the dmraid
userspace program have everything you need, no need to add weird
external (and sometimes proprietary) drivers to support your
software/bios raid

Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven

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