Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:31:24 +0400 From: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: projects/mfi_head to -current next week Message-ID: <4F64CA6C.5000009@lissyara.su> In-Reply-To: <201203161539.q2GFdZPr047410@ambrisko.com> References: <201203161539.q2GFdZPr047410@ambrisko.com>
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On 16.03.2012 19:39, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to start merging mfi(4) from projects/head_mfi into -current > next week. The mfi(4) driver is stable and I don't know of any issues > with it now. I fixed a few issues that I knew of this past week. Several > people have contributed to this. LSI did the base HW support. This > update supports all current mfi based cards. It supports JBOD via creating > /sys/mfisyspd* entries for each disk. When a disk is pulled from the > controller the node goes away and when a disk is inserted it creates an > entry. Using a fairly new MegaCli, it can also control how JBOD support > works. We may need to update our port. This JBOD support is not the same > as CAM pass through that some have hacked to make disks appear as da*. > > Several people are using this driver now so I feel it is stable enough > to hit the tree. More eyes and people using this will make it better. > This new HW is showing up more and more in new systems so it will make > it easier for people to use FreeBSD on these machines and have it just > work. > > Thanks to LSI for the initial HW support and all of the people that have > been testing and getting it in shape to commit. Good news! How about new hardware?
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