From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Fri Apr 17 06:18:01 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6505A2AB8AF for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:18:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=00MP=6B=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz) Received: from elsa.codelab.cz (elsa.codelab.cz [94.124.105.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 493Qr83N15z4d64 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=00MP=6B=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz) Received: from elsa.codelab.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elsa.codelab.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9201028432; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:17:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from illbsd.quip.test (ip-62-24-92-232.net.upcbroadband.cz [62.24.92.232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by elsa.codelab.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1EB2428434; Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:17:56 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: support of PCIe NVME drives To: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com, Mel Pilgrim Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete Wright References: <1ef63241ec8774a39c92b2584c0c2410@udns.ultimatedns.net> From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Message-ID: <66e4b922-8484-aac7-7281-d45baf78366f@quip.cz> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:17:56 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 SeaMonkey/2.49.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1ef63241ec8774a39c92b2584c0c2410@udns.ultimatedns.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 493Qr83N15z4d64 X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of SRS0=00MP=6B=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz has no SPF policy when checking 94.124.105.4) smtp.mailfrom=SRS0=00MP=6B=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.99 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.82)[ip: (0.27), ipnet: 94.124.104.0/21(0.14), asn: 42000(3.59), country: CZ(0.09)]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[quip.cz]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.97)[0.974,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[0.999,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.105.124.94.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[000.fbsd@quip.cz,SRS0=00MP=6B=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:42000, ipnet:94.124.104.0/21, country:CZ]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[000.fbsd@quip.cz,SRS0=00MP=6B=quip.cz=000.fbsd@elsa.codelab.cz]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 06:18:01 -0000 Chris wrote on 04/17/2020 05:51: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:57:21 -0700 Mel Pilgrim > list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com said > >> On 2020-04-16 12:30, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >> > Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >> >>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: >> > >> I would try booting via UEFI if you can.  I just installed a >> laptop >> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by >> the >> 12-STABLE snapshot I used to boot from.  no other modifications >> were >> necessary on my end. >> > > I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 >> installer > ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( >> > > You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 >> > > Anything more I can test? >> >> Looking at server specs, the R6515's NVME support is only through the >> PERC S150 RAID controller.  If that's the case, I'm pretty sure you're >> out of luck.  The PERC S-series controllers are software-based RAID >> that require Dell's Windows or Linux drivers.  You'd need a PERC >> H-series card to get support in FreeBSD. That's something I didn't expect at all. So there is nothing which can be fixed on FreeBSD side? :( >> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong? > As I mentioned. I was suspicious of this. He should be able to flash the > card, > making it a pass. I do a lot of them. If someone doesn't beat me to it. > I'll > dig through what I have, and see if I can't find the right image(s), and > program(s). This is rented dedicated machine. I cannot flash anything on it. I can ask the provider if they can install some card. Do you have some recommendation? What is supported by Dell and FreeBSD for ZFS? I really appreciate your help! Kind regards Miroslav Lachman