From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 22:01:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D835016A40F for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:01:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5E943C9D for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:59:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (phobos.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kBDLUQbF015105; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:30:33 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <458070F1.8040507@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:30:25 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060910 SeaMonkey/1.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charles Sprickman References: <457E9222.2090406@withagen.nl> <458034A7.6010106@pingle.org> <20061213152502.N95481@sporker.bway.net> In-Reply-To: <20061213152502.N95481@sporker.bway.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2100, asr driver 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: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:01:16 -0000 Charles Sprickman wrote: > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Jim Pingle wrote: > >> Willem Jan Withagen wrote: >>> So the 1000$ question: is there any chance of getting at least the state >>> of the RAID and its disk out into the open? It shure would give me a >>> much better feeling, knowing that at least serious trouble would be >>> detected by me. Instead of getting this call from a NOC. >> >> It works fine here. I use this on systems with 2100s, and with 2010s. >> >> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/asr-utils; make install clean >> >> Make sure it installs compat4x, it should as it is listed as a >> dependency. >> >> Add this to /etc/rc.conf: >> compat4x_enable="YES" >> >> add "options ASR_COMPAT" to your kernel and rebuild the kernel > > I have quite a few machines with the Adaptec cards, and while I hate > them and the management tools, I don't have much choice but to use them > until we retire the hardware. > > Does anyone have any info on whether adaptec is planning on updating > these tools to work with FreeBSD 6+? Or have they basically abandoned > support for FreeBSD? Knowing that info would help me plan our 4.11 to > 6.x migration. > > Thanks, > > Charles > Adaptec abandoned work on asr for FreeBSD about 5 years ago, and abandoned all development on ASR cards and tools on all OSes about 4 years ago, with the exception of maintenance commitments for certain customers. They wrote the ASR technology assets off of their books at that time, making it a firm, deliberate, and permanent business decision. On the plus side, wheels are in motion to develop native, updated management tools for FreeBSD for the cards that are serviced by the AAC driver. First in line is a simple status app. If you are interested in more complex apps, please contact me privately. Scott