Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 15:55:56 +0200 From: Martin Nilsson <martin@gneto.com> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r261491 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/dev/mfi Message-ID: <5378BBEC.7080508@gneto.com> In-Reply-To: <201402041735.s14HZgb8073409@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201402041735.s14HZgb8073409@svn.freebsd.org>
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Hi, Can you MFC this to stable 10 & 9 so it's easier to test the new mrsas driver? Best Regards, Martin On 2014-02-04 18:35, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Author: ambrisko > Date: Tue Feb 4 17:35:41 2014 > New Revision: 261491 > URL:http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/261491 > > Log: > Add a tunable "hw.mfi.mrsas_enable" to allow mfi(4) to drop priority and > allow mrsas(4) from LSI to attach to newer LSI cards that are support by > mrsas(4). If mrsas(4) is not loaded into the system at boot then mfi(4) > will always attach. If a modified mrsas(4) is loaded in the system. That > modification is return "-30" in it's probe since that is between > BUS_PROBE_DEFAULT and BUS_PROBE_LOW_PRIORITY. > > This option is controller by a new probe flag "MFI_FLAGS_MRSAS" in mfi_ident > that denotes cards that should work with mrsas(4). New entries that should > have this option. > > This is the first step to get mrsas(4) checked into FreeBSD and to avoid > collision with people that use mrsas(4) from LSI. Since mfi(4) takes > priority, then mrsas(4) users need to rebuild GENERIC. Using the > .disabled="1" method doesn't work since that blocks attaching and the > probe gave it to mfi(4). > > Discussed with: LSI (Kashyap Desai) > > Modified: > head/share/man/man4/mfi.4 > head/sys/dev/mfi/mfi_pci.c > head/sys/dev/mfi/mfivar.h
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