From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 16:41:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 686FF16A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:41:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (yertle.kcilink.com [65.205.34.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374B443D1F for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 16:41:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from [192.168.7.103] (host-103.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.103]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ECA8B850 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:41:24 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <35315700427f007605ec700529604885@ish.com.au> References: <78fb9d9605030419134be2f99c@mail.gmail.com> <20050304235733.D4084@carver.gumbysoft.com> <35315700427f007605ec700529604885@ish.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Vivek Khera Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:41:24 -0500 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD 5.3R support the RAID card MegaRAID SCSI 320-2E card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:41:26 -0000 On Mar 6, 2005, at 4:11 AM, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > On 05/03/2005, at 7:00 PM, Doug White wrote: > >> The amr(4) manpage in -CURRENT lists the 320 variants, the -2E >> specifically (is that a PCI Express version?). We have a amr(4) >> driver >> update coming in shortly to -CURRENT and then RELENG_5; keep an eye >> out >> for that and test it if you can. > > * will that update make it into 5.4? > > * what is the nature of the update? Is it primarily for bug fixes or > performance improvements? Is it an important update for someone > running a production machine with amr (like us) on 5.3? All good questions I'm interested in too. I have a box scheduled for delivery late next week which is a dual opteron with the 320-2X card in it. I can hold it from production for a week or so for such testing. Hopefully the scheduling of the MFC will coincide with this timeframe :-)