From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 23:54:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C184B106566B for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:54:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from seanbru@yahoo-inc.com) Received: from mrout2-b.corp.bf1.yahoo.com (mrout2-b.corp.bf1.yahoo.com [98.139.253.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F2E8FC0C for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:54:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (rideseveral.corp.yahoo.com [10.73.160.231]) by mrout2-b.corp.bf1.yahoo.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/y.out) with ESMTP id q35NhKgc013084; Thu, 5 Apr 2012 16:43:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=yahoo-inc.com; s=cobra; t=1333669401; bh=BpaYjnuGpCPRZ90QF6pbjkd+Q49sPTtCXMpL13AKTGM=; h=Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date: Message-ID:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Mn+WhUwSvoVcKxw9Q5o9EIfdiuATlyfhUvQc4LFMI/Gvlgf05aOwtLfO9+b0RtzUb j+Kz7bcQRAX57cPFRGqwEM3/p23y+yLsJvz21nKgnj0anXetY57/ev3+82Si235Wm4 8SD/2BVypHiRfuIUNm7ojqm3SfvzdXTwxb+HZhsM= From: Sean Bruno To: Alex Keda In-Reply-To: <4F64CA6C.5000009@lissyara.su> References: <201203161539.q2GFdZPr047410@ambrisko.com> <4F64CA6C.5000009@lissyara.su> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:43:20 -0700 Message-ID: <1333669400.55068.13.camel@powernoodle-l7.corp.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: projects/mfi_head to -current next week X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:54:19 -0000 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). Sean