= Vendor information = 3Ware (http://www.3ware.com) card are usually well supported on Linux.[[BR]] Theses cards are often considered as some of the bests hardware RAID controllers for GNU/Linux or BSD systems.[[BR]] 3Ware supports Linux and provide an '''opensource kernel driver''' which is part of Linux since ages. [[BR]] = Linux kernel drivers = There is two drivers for 3ware cards: || Driver || Supported cards || || 3w_xxxx || 3Ware Eskalad 7000 and 8000 series || || 3w_9xxx || 3Ware Eskaled 9000 series || You should not expect any problems with theses drivers which are known to be '''mature''' and '''stable'''.[[BR]] We don't know any current Linux distrubtion which miss theses drivers so no additional step should be required to get it working.