From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 18 04:38:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D401065670 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:38:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f44.google.com (mail-pw0-f44.google.com [209.85.160.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAAA8FC21 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:38:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj15 with SMTP id 15so501484pwj.3 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:38:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=BJTsApEBNuhZPBeB2nWyxuVusp1UXy5fHL/uFEqO4hI=; b=LSzzgaLRJyaru8arAEAViFfrB+ppsm0OCm9jjg+9ibBmELZ0z6pREDlPH+TNYKL9yC uRaAuf8I7tGnHaQecVX5LbjCq+Ck+qPHNLbamw3t62eclUS9OxTRgA3/45QzeLxNjqbf wHN907UZBI9XMkk4+M3/GOs5hhJegjmt8He4o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hfU7qO655EbEb8C4fiTV1MFvAx/l0Y71nA8DkUN+NLHKZUTIEJ3YovnBgpTjaePgeE yhlw99WUZPvUkP39FkvkldoaRMicG2crn9LIkPsfPGWE5OJV+wNJ5Qw8PF2FaS+MCa1o HXFjJqPOtVeu7DJDoTfN7zfWfW7u26rTsP+9Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.7.12 with SMTP id 12mr1140097wfg.328.1258519101484; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:38:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:38:21 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: FreeBSD Stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:38:22 -0000 On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Artem Belevich wrote: >> =C2=A0LSI SAS 3080X-R =C2=A0 =C2=A08-port SATA/SATA PCI-X > > This one uses LSI1068 chip which is supported by mpt driver. I'm using > motherboard with an on-board equivalent of this and don't have much to > complain about. I did see some CRC errors with SATA drives in 3Gbps > mode, but those went away after updating firmware to 1.29.0.0. I've > seen some comments on zfs-discuss mailing list that -IR variant of the > firmware (the one that provides RAID0/1 capabilities) does have some > stability issues and recommended going with simpler -IT version (just > pass-through disks). If that one uses the LSI1068 chipset, do you know which one uses the LSI1078 chipset? I've seen that number in the comments in one of the mf* drivers (think it was mfi). How does one determine which actual chipset is in which controller? Do they have that buried in the docs somewhere? I've also found a couple of Areca cards (PCI-X, non-RAID/PCIe RAID), and have heard good things about Areca support in FreeBSD. Any comments on their quality/performance/reliability? --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com