Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 18:25:54 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI/AVGO/Broadcom 9280-16i4e support? Message-ID: <15DDFDB8-196E-4535-8ED5-684A1596CDA6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <33e5bb7d-c060-f34c-0b43-702c4006531d@denninger.net> References: <b7e3cafdf7cb7b8195c1e0dfca6965cd@h8spam.org> <33e5bb7d-c060-f34c-0b43-702c4006531d@denninger.net>
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> On Sep 1, 2019, at 4:03 PM, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: > >> On 9/1/2019 15:17, Chris wrote: >> Hello all, >> I recently picked up an LSI/AVGO/Broadcom 9280-16i4e card with >> the intent of flashing it to IT mode (pass through). So as to >> use it in one of my servers. >> However; looking through the Hardware (support) section of the >> release notes for 12; the closest I found was the 9260. >> Does anyone have any experience with the 9280-16i4e on FreeBSD? >> Does it work? Well? If not, anytime soon? >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Chris >> > It will PROBABLY work. > > From Avago: http://www.ssdworks.com/MegaRAID-SAS-9280-16i4e.asp > > LSISAS2108 6Gb/s RAID-on-Chip > > From the driver in sys/dev/mps for 12-STABLE at present: > > mps_pci.c: { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_1, > mps_pci.c: 0xffff, 0xffff, 0, "Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2108" }, > mps_pci.c: { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_2, > mps_pci.c: 0xffff, 0xffff, 0, "Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2108" }, > mps_pci.c: { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_3, > mps_pci.c: 0xffff, 0xffff, 0, "Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2108" }, > > I wouldn't call this dispositive but it's easy enough to figure out > (stick it in a box and boot the install media; see if it shows up during > the probe.) > > -- > Karl Denninger > karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net> > /The Market Ticker/ > /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/ That card works on FreeBSD. I have personal experience with it. However flashing it to IT mode isn’t possible. That’s a RoC not an HBA. The closest you can get to pass through is a bunch of single drive RAID 0 disks with the caching disabled. Thanks, Josh Paetzel FreeBSD - The Power to Serve
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