Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:01:31 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Support for Areca ARC-1300-4X on 8-STABLE? Message-ID: <F144E032-E803-48DE-8855-190B74DF3D84@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <20101124053255.GA15123@icarus.home.lan> References: <D7494E82-4424-4535-87F9-59FAC5A170B3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20101124053255.GA15123@icarus.home.lan>
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On Nov 24, 2010, at 12:32 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 09:41:43PM -0500, Paul Mather wrote: >> Does anyone know whether the Areca ARC-1300-4X external SAS HBA is >> currently supported under FreeBSD/amd64 8-STABLE? I just fired up a >> system that has one of these cards that is running 8.0-RELEASE and = the >> HBA is not being detected properly by FreeBSD. (It is being >> misidentified by the arcmsr driver.) I'm hoping that once I upgrade >> from 8.0-RELEASE to a contemporary 8-STABLE that it'll be supported. >> I found a posting on the Web that indicated a driver would be >> available in the first quarter of 2010 >> = (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009-December/006115.= html). >>=20 >> I'm really hoping I can use this card, though I'm somewhat = discouraged >> by the fact that the Areca Web site lists only drivers for Windows, >> Linux, and Mac OS X for this particular model. :-( >=20 > Have you contacted Areca about this? Their Technical Support folks > would be able to tell you why this is, and if there is work being done > to provide a driver for FreeBSD. A hardware vendor that is known to > support FreeBSD is more authoritative about their drivers than the > FreeBSD Project. :-) I'll concede the latter point, but I'd also hope that such a vendor = would be contributing its drivers directly into the source tree rather = than having a separate set of patches or downloads for end-users to = fiddle about with. I prefer my updates to come via csup. :-) The only Areca port I can see is the one for the CLI for their RAID = cards (sysutils/areca-cli). I have contacted their support e-mail address asking what the situation = is, from the horse's mouth, so to speak. I hope the news is good. > Also, please see this thread (which is very recent): >=20 > = http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-November/059985.htm= l Thanks for the link! I'm not sure whether "Fixed arcmsr driver prevent = arcsas support for Areca SAS HBA ARC13x0" in the "Bug fixes" list is = good news or bad news for me. It suggests that the arcmsr driver has = been fixed to prevent it attaching to the ARC-13X0 cards, implying that = it is not supported. This entry about OS support on the Areca official = page for the ARC-1300 product = (http://www.areca.us/products/sasnoneraid.htm) is also not inspiring: = "BSD/FreeBSD (will be available with 6Gb/s Host Adapter)." Does this = mean only their 6 Gb/s cards will be supported under FreeBSD, or that = support for the 3 Gb/s cards will appear alongside the 6 Gb/s cards, = whenever they are released? I have to say all this has left a sour taste in my mouth. I chose Areca = because of their solid FreeBSD support. :-( Cheers, Paul.
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