Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:43:20 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> To: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: projects/mfi_head to -current next week Message-ID: <1333669400.55068.13.camel@powernoodle-l7.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4F64CA6C.5000009@lissyara.su> References: <201203161539.q2GFdZPr047410@ambrisko.com> <4F64CA6C.5000009@lissyara.su>
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On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 10:31 -0700, Alex Keda wrote: > 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? The only h/w that I've seen that requires this new support is the Dell H710 that is shipping with their latest servers (12G). Seanhelp
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