Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 10:48:45 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Wallace Barrow <incin@incin.me> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SAS3508 Card Not Usable in FreeBSD 11.2 Message-ID: <53C4D0E4-C80A-47B9-9B3C-7A289BCC737E@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <736a15ac-0902-45dd-9357-02da4c2266cb@www.fastmail.com> References: <736a15ac-0902-45dd-9357-02da4c2266cb@www.fastmail.com>
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Hi, It looks like the in-tree driver hasn’t been updated with the latest code from LSI/Broadcom to support this card. I’ll look at this later today, but for now I’m glad that the vendor driver worked for you. Thanks for bringing this issue forward. Scott > On Apr 8, 2019, at 10:40 AM, Wallace Barrow <incin@incin.me> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a new server with the following card installed: > > MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508 > > The system is running FreeBSD 11.2p9 on two hard drives, in a mirror, directly attached to the motherboard. > > I would like to use the MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508 card for the other 26 hard drives in the server. > > It seems the mpr and the mrsas kernel modules that come with FreeBSD 11.2 do not initiate the card with the driver. The card is listed in this driver list: > > https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mpr&sektion=4 > > When running: pciconf -l -v > > none@pci0:24:0:0: class=0x010400 card=0x02101137 chip=0x00161000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'LSI Logic / Symbios Logic' > device = 'MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508' > class = mass storage > subclass = RAID > > I tried manually setting different drivers and options in my boot loader file with no luck. > > I grabbed the mrsas.ko file from Broadcom that they built on FreeBSD 11.2 and replaced the default one and set mrsas_load="YES" and hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="1". > > After a reboot I could see the card attached to the mrsas driver and I can use my drives. > > mrsas0@pci0:24:0:0: class=0x010400 card=0x02101137 chip=0x00161000 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'LSI Logic / Symbios Logic' > device = 'MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508' > class = mass storage > subclass = RAID > > Anyone else have this odd issue? Seems like all other SAS card I have used do not have problems. > > Thanks! > -- > Wallace > incin@incin.me > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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