From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 19 22:36:00 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CE688A6 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (si-002-i158.relay.mailchannels.net [108.178.49.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CD192A for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:35:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie Received: from smtp1.ore.mailhop.org (ip-10-213-14-133.us-west-2.compute.internal [10.213.14.133]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9E8701001F6; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:20:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie Received: from smtp1.ore.mailhop.org (smtp1.ore.mailhop.org [10.21.145.197]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.4.8); Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:20:45 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: duocircle X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1429482044704:2264195957 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1429482044704 Received: from c-73-34-117-227.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([73.34.117.227] helo=ilsoft.org) by smtp1.ore.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjxa0-0006XH-DP; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:20:44 +0000 Received: from revolution.hippie.lan (revolution.hippie.lan [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t3JMKhc0028205; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:20:43 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP X-Originating-IP: 73.34.117.227 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@duocircle.com (see https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18tmFXq80PLVjyYX/FfnIZu Message-ID: <1429482043.1182.96.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Adaptec 7805H drivers From: Ian Lepore To: Phil Murray Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:20:43 -0600 In-Reply-To: <70F1FB0F-2F4A-4FED-8DA3-E86994BA2203@nevada.net.nz> References: <70F1FB0F-2F4A-4FED-8DA3-E86994BA2203@nevada.net.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.10 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 X-AuthUser: hippie Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:36:00 -0000 On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 09:53 +1200, Phil Murray wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I have a few Adaptec 7805H HBA cards which FreeBSD doesn=A2t support na= tively. However Adaptec have provided binary drivers for FreeBSD 9.2 (9.3= and 10.x support sadly absent). >=20 > The problem I have is with the GENERIC kernel the compiled in ahd drive= r tries to attach to the controller and fails. This prevents the pmspcv (= Adaptec binary) driver from working. >=20 > I=A2d 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 t= he kernel? Perhaps change their priority or precedence somehow? >=20 > Is porting the open source Linux driver to FreeBSD a possibility?=20 >=20 > Cheers >=20 > Phil Try setting hw.ahd.0.disabled=3D1 in /boot/loader.conf. -- Ian