From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 9 22:20:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4ECF16A4A0 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:20:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from mg6.xecu.net (mg6.xecu.net [216.127.136.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2413743D78 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:20:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mg6.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE76F2C3224; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:20:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mg6.xecu.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mg6.xecu.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51089-01-2; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:20:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from thunder.xecu.net (thunder.xecu.net [216.127.136.208]) by mg6.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F8432C30FA; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:20:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 18:20:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Dills To: Scott Long In-Reply-To: <4489F129.1050304@samsco.org> Message-ID: <20060609181706.J43888@thunder.xecu.net> References: <20060605212952.T96853@thunder.xecu.net> <20060609145451.F60598@carver.gumbysoft.com> <4489F129.1050304@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at xecu.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for Adaptec SAS AIC9410 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: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:20:27 -0000 On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Scott Long wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Andy Dills wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm trying to get a Supermicro 6024H-32R setup with 6.1, but I'm > > > discovering that the Adaptec SAS AIC9410 controller isn't yet supported. > > > > > > I see one brief thread about it on this mailing list back in March, but no > > > further mention or conclusive details. There was talk of MFCing the mpt > > > driver...is anybody using this in production? > > > > > > Can you get a pciconf -lv off this system? It might just be a case of > > needing to add an ID to an existing driver (aac?). > > > > No, the 9410 is a SAS HBA chip. It's actually meant to be used just in > Adaptec HostRAID (software RAID) mode, but writing a standalone driver > is possible, albeit fairly difficult and time consuming. Being completely ignorant of the deep internals of the FreeBSD kernel, the GEOM layer, etc., how difficult is it to take the existing linux drivers that Adaptec distributes and port them to FreeeBSD? I ask out of curiousity, not implying that it isn't difficult and time consuming. Thanks, Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---