From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 25 00:33:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407FF106566C for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:33:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050818FC14 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:33:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so393011iwn.13 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:33:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KxVI8gc/M6v9hBa8bOIoPGkMB6P5XhtyLTfdVUefaT4=; b=HbOUBPP3G+WqcU+1Kja8chudues3CCVyADOrlCzl2v/irZskMLxrqadSEj16IrKkFG IQYumySp9lhdAMEXl4S58lSL9WNnU3mIwKBn9U5Ygvo2GgaF25ppYOxO1lW14BzQJuWF D+1m+7aeQ6dI3tP0MYbkW0npsXw0+shHN7e5w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rNHEM9YyODBb8srAVyhS4jIbKVRHi0JGtC4zyriWJK9h/QXHBeNRxjOoGHSi+Kqae3 7Li6El7CXKDL/euLh2rIYa72VmU08AYp222tKjbaKCWKgmkPYuSQJsMzEmSRX2n0Wt0L 3ZOEWPhgV2T5Q8OmMEv0J9PBfeYQM4A/Pup9g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.36.11 with SMTP id r11mr20082ibd.125.1290643609867; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:06:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.213.195 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:06:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20101124053255.GA15123@icarus.home.lan> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:06:49 -0800 Message-ID: From: Xin LI To: Paul Mather Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Stable , Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: Support for Areca ARC-1300-4X on 8-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:33:57 -0000 On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Paul Mather wrot= e: > Thanks for the link! =C2=A0I'm not sure whether "Fixed arcmsr driver prev= ent arcsas support for Areca SAS HBA ARC13x0" in the "Bug fixes" list is go= od news or bad news for me. =C2=A0It suggests that the arcmsr driver has be= en fixed to prevent it attaching to the ARC-13X0 cards, implying that it is= not supported. =C2=A0This entry about OS support on the Areca official pag= e for the ARC-1300 product (http://www.areca.us/products/sasnoneraid.htm) i= s also not inspiring: "BSD/FreeBSD (will be available with 6Gb/s Host Adapt= er)." =C2=A0Does this mean only their 6 Gb/s cards will be supported under = FreeBSD, or that support for the 3 Gb/s cards will appear alongside the 6 G= b/s cards, whenever they are released? The 6Gb/s cards are not released yet. The updated driver resolved a conflict with the newer ARC13x0 cards, without it one will have to update arcmsr(4) before installing the SAS card driver. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI http://www.delphij.net