Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:36:36 +0300 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI 9240-4i 4K alignment Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSyr53CqeEhwX9puJcsw=998qByT63_FrY%2BXdGHNdSkGBbQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5433111728EF4748A35DB4ED19E10CD2@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CA%2BdUSyrdPsDJyZ0Ow3%2B6sNzc10we2BGV10tUYtzkuE5u9Ook2A@mail.gmail.com> <50E70CD3-2D8A-4B49-8BB1-381FB6779A71@transactionware.com> <CA%2BdUSyohz0EMxzE7-un=T7WDwdh%2BDnK=5%2BvNmZsBqhwPCRDj3w@mail.gmail.com> <A6FF01A2-D638-4766-9DD4-013CDC813DAF@transactionware.com> <CA%2BdUSyr1PMu2gdB6iUYG7QESYU9MbVQT-Hy27=_uZSNrxH75Lw@mail.gmail.com> <5433111728EF4748A35DB4ED19E10CD2@multiplay.co.uk>
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kontostanos" > <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> > To: "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; > <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:38 AM > Subject: Re: LSI 9240-4i 4K alignment > > > >> After contacting the manufacturer we got this response: >> >> ------ >> My apologies for the wrong information provided in my previous email. >> I was under the impression that this OS is still supported but after >> checking with our developer, FreeBSD is currently not supported with >> the LSI Megaraid Cards due to some issue with the driver we've >> provided. It will be supported in our upcoming releases which may come >> by the end of this year. Please check back on our website during that >> time frame for the FreeBSD driver. >> Once again please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. >> ----- > > > I would ask them if they have a fix, as if they do there's nothing > stopping you building a custom kernel with the update. You are right but it seems more cost effective to get a new controller that has support under the mps driver. > Its quite common for big companies to not "officially" support until a > release but that doesn't mean they don't have a fix if you know what I > mean :) I know. The problem with that controller is that for some reason it doesn't like gpart. I have gnoped the drives directly and it seems to be working so far. > In addition to this we're running LSI 2008 based controllers here on > 8.2-RELEASE + manually merged in mps driver with ZFS just fine. They > aren't running 4k aligned but they are working well. > Right, they fall under the mps driver like the following: LSI Logic SAS2004 (4 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2008 (8 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2108 (8 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2116 (16 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2208 (8 Port SAS) I have worked in the past with some of those and never had a problem. > Regards > Steve > Cheers -- George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net
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