From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 11:23:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CDA51065670 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:23:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael@fuckner.net) Received: from dedihh.fuckner.net (dedihh.fuckner.net [81.209.183.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDD2E8FC0A for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:23:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dedihh.fuckner.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52EB81CC0C; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:24:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at example.com Received: from dedihh.fuckner.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dedihh.fuckner.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id adOPOj2u6VTa; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:24:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from c64.rebootking.de (e176137063.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.176.137.63]) by dedihh.fuckner.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 10E211CC03; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 13:24:51 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4BB5D3BA.2050303@fuckner.net> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:23:38 +0200 From: Michael Fuckner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100318 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John References: <4B683F37.4040807@fuckner.net> <20100402104901.GA3492@potato> In-Reply-To: <20100402104901.GA3492@potato> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Tanel Rebane , "'freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Status on LSI SAS2008? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:23:47 -0000 On 04/02/10 12:49, John wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:05:27PM +0100, Michael Fuckner wrote: >> On 02/02/10 13:11, Tanel Rebane wrote: >> >> > Does anyone know the status of the LSI SAS2008 chipset in regards to >> > FreeBSD? If any, I suppose it?s the mfi(4)-driver that should pick up >> > support. I know the LSI SAS2108 should work fine with mfi(4) but I >> > have no idea how big the differences between 2008 and 2108 are. >> >> Hi all, >> >> I've been running those cards on Linux. >> >> The 2008-Chip is an HBA-Chip. Linux uses the mpt2sas Driver (the old >> HBAs are using mptsas). >> >> >> The 2108 is the Raid-Chip using the megaraid_sas or 3w-sas driver >> (depending on the firmware installed- LSI 9261-8i and 3ware 9750-8i seem >> to have identical Hardware. > > Hi, Hi all, > Can you please clarify which linux works and how large the individual > disks are? I know that 6GBIT SAS HBAs with LSI 2008 Chip are in the default kernel since 2.6.33- patches are available. The Disksize shouldn't matter. > My problem under BSD is 2-fold: > > 1. There is an open PR for this LSI device at > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=144326 you should reclassify the pr- telling about the exact device (device/ vendor id). > 2. My smallest disk is 2TB is this a problem? When you have a driver, it is recognized. Your largest disk is probably also 2TB ;) > Without visiting the datacentre, I have no device to install to. even when visiting the DC, I suppose. I know of some 3GBit HBAs beeing able to be upgraded to Raidcontrollers (linux driver changes from mptsas to megaraid_sas). But this is not possible with all LSI devices. Afaik we don't have a driver for freebsd yet. Regards, Michael!