Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:32:35 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: LSI SAS 2008 (mfi) on SuperMicro X8SI6-F Message-ID: <4D5D1563.4050807@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikb97ZGQFOaW9vFHWy__akN-7zbSsVxOEwdesc6@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102161842240.93747@woozle.rinet.ru> <4D5BF78E.7010306@digsys.bg> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102161920240.93747@woozle.rinet.ru> <4D5BFCC1.3010404@my.gd> <20110217110230.GB25240@e-Gitt.NET> <4D5D0165.1030000@my.gd> <20110217111010.GC25240@e-Gitt.NET> <4D5D1075.2060708@my.gd> <AANLkTikb97ZGQFOaW9vFHWy__akN-7zbSsVxOEwdesc6@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2/17/11 1:18 PM, Tom Evans wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: >> What is sad is that these controllers are becoming very mainstream now, >> we're getting them more and more on Dell servers , and the fbsd project >> still struggles with them (for reasons I don't know, might be LSI's >> fault, might be a lack of resources or interest...) >> >> I'm having a very hard time defending the use of fbsd for firewalls at >> work, with the recent release of debian kfreebsd. >> > > Forgive my naïveté, but surely kfreebsd would have precisely the same > issues with the same controllers, since it uses FreeBSD's kernel. Am I > missing something? > > Cheers > > Tom I am not sure, but you make a good point. Don't get me wrong though, I don't mean to offend anyone when I say the fbsd project struggles with this driver. There may very well be very valid reasons like lack of cooperation on LSI's part, I wouldn't know.
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