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Date:      Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:42:53 +0100
From:      "Morten A. Middelthon" <morten@freenix.no>
To:        Gareth Hopkins <gareth@uunet.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Future support for PERC 4e/XX cards
Message-ID:  <20050201124252.GB50784@freenix.no>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.61.0410261648540.760@LAP-GARETHH.staff.uunet.co.za>
References:  <Pine.WNT.4.61.0410261648540.760@LAP-GARETHH.staff.uunet.co.za>

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On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 04:51:28PM +0200, Gareth Hopkins wrote:
> Howdie,
>=20
> 	Was wondering if the following cards would be supported in the=20
> near future by BSD 4.10.
>=20
> PERC 4e/Si and PERC 4e/Di. These are from the new Dell poweredge 1850 and=
=20
> 2850 servers.

Hi,

if I'm not mistaken these cards use the new PCI Express bus, which FreeBSD
4.x/5.x doesn't yet support. On my latest PowerEdge 1850 I had to use an
add-in RAID controller, PERC 4/DC, in order to get RAID.

with regards,

--=20
Morten A. Middelthon

Nothing is faster than the speed of light ...
To prove this to yourself, try opening the refrigerator door before the
light comes on.

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