From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Thu Apr 16 18:12:40 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9AC2C3C4C for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:12:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=OZKT=6A=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz) Received: from elsa.codelab.cz (elsa.codelab.cz [94.124.105.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4936lC2q8Vz3NHy; Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=OZKT=6A=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz) Received: from elsa.codelab.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elsa.codelab.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E972E28432; Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:12:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from illbsd.quip.test (ip-62-24-92-232.net.upcbroadband.cz [62.24.92.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by elsa.codelab.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2F64D28434; Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:12:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: support of PCIe NVME drives To: Kurt Jaeger Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <5a20f111-b2f5-c1a1-acdf-86df43d79ace@quip.cz> <20200416180705.GB39563@home.opsec.eu> From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Message-ID: <36c9c502-f9b6-fd3d-3ac2-80ab18f8d420@quip.cz> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:12:36 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200416180705.GB39563@home.opsec.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4936lC2q8Vz3NHy X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of SRS0=OZKT=6A=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz has no SPF policy when checking 94.124.105.4) smtp.mailfrom=SRS0=OZKT=6A=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.99 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[quip.cz]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.96)[0.964,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; IP_SCORE(0.82)[ip: (0.28), ipnet: 94.124.104.0/21(0.14), asn: 42000(3.61), country: CZ(0.09)]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.105.124.94.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[0.999,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[000.fbsd@quip.cz,SRS0=OZKT=6A=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:42000, ipnet:94.124.104.0/21, country:CZ]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[000.fbsd@quip.cz,SRS0=OZKT=6A=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:12:40 -0000 Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: > Hi! > >> I was requested to install FreeBSD 11.3 on a new Dell machine with only 2 >> NVME drives in ZFS mirror. The problem is that installer does not see the >> drives. Are there any special procedure to use NVME drives for >> installation a later for booting? > > I use 2 NVMe drives as zfs mirror to boot from on my testbox, > but it runs CURRENT, since approx. November 2018. > > So maybe try it with 12.1 ? I know, that does not help if you are asked > to install 11.3, but at least it gives you an idea... > I tried 12.1 few minutes ago but the result is the same - no NVME drives listed. Should I try something with kernel modules, some sysctl tweaks? Should I try UEFI boot? (I never did) Kind regards Miroslav Lachman