Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:20:43 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Phil Murray <pmurray@nevada.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 7805H drivers Message-ID: <1429482043.1182.96.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <70F1FB0F-2F4A-4FED-8DA3-E86994BA2203@nevada.net.nz> References: <70F1FB0F-2F4A-4FED-8DA3-E86994BA2203@nevada.net.nz>
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On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 09:53 +1200, Phil Murray wrote: > Hi, > > I have a few Adaptec 7805H HBA cards which FreeBSD doesnąt support natively. However Adaptec have provided binary drivers for FreeBSD 9.2 (9.3 and 10.x support sadly absent). > > The problem I have is with the GENERIC kernel the compiled in ahd driver tries to attach to the controller and fails. This prevents the pmspcv (Adaptec binary) driver from working. > > Iąd like to keep using GENERIC for freebsd-update etc., so is there a way I can stop the ahd driver from trying to attach without rebuilding the kernel? Perhaps change their priority or precedence somehow? > > Is porting the open source Linux driver to FreeBSD a possibility? > > Cheers > > Phil Try setting hw.ahd.0.disabled=1 in /boot/loader.conf. -- Ian
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