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Date:      Wed, 21 May 2025 18:33:54 -0400
From:      Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>
To:        =?utf-8?Q?Gerrit_K=C3=BChn?= <gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de>
Cc:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NVMe (U.2) hot-swap support status?
Message-ID:  <BA71DD35-E61F-401D-B59A-43608B2BF4ED@bway.net>
In-Reply-To: <20250520133030.06ee4b5b@arc.aei.uni-hannover.de>
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> On May 20, 2025, at 7:30=E2=80=AFAM, Gerrit K=C3=BChn =
<gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de> wrote:
>=20
> Am Fri, 16 May 2025 09:43:41 +0200
> schrieb Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>:
>=20
>> Have you asked Support_Europe@supermicro.com ?
>=20
> I did ask both Supermicro and the system vendor meanwhile.
> SM says that they will not support any configuration that has not been
> assembled in-house with them because of nvme hotplug being plagued =
with
> many issues so only specific configurations could work.
> The vendor blamed this on the AOC retimer cards have. Swapping disks =
would
> require re-issuing a new pcie device id, which is not possible with =
the
> retimer card until being rebooted.

What is a "retimer card"?

Thanks,

Charles

>=20
> cu
>  Gerrit




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