From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 27 17:54:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0FE1106566B; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:54:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA298FC13; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:54:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 689E346B06; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:54:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.hudson-trading.com (unknown [209.249.190.8]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A37638A020; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:54:35 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: pluknet Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:54:31 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200910261857.n9QIvvcZ000107@svn.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200910271354.32185.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:54:35 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r198496 - in stable/7: etc etc/mtree include sys sys/contrib/pf sys/dev/mfi usr.sbin usr.sbin/acpi usr.sbin/adduser usr.sbin/arp usr.sbin/bluetooth usr.sbin/bluetooth/btpand usr.sbin/bl... X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:54:37 -0000 On Monday 26 October 2009 3:21:10 pm pluknet wrote: > 2009/10/26 John Baldwin : > > Author: jhb > > Date: Mon Oct 26 18:57:57 2009 > > New Revision: 198496 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/198496 > > > > Log: > > =A0MFC 196200,196211,196280-196282: > > =A0Introduce mfiutil, a basic utility for managing LSI SAS-RAID & Dell= =20 PERC5/6 > > =A0controllers. =A0Controller, array, and drive status can be checked, = basic > > =A0attributes can be changed, and arrays and spares can be created and= =20 deleted. > > =A0Controller firmware can also be flashed. > > > > =A0This does not replace MegaCLI, found in ports, as that is officially= =20 sanctioned > > =A0and supported by LSI and includes vastly more functionality. =A0Howe= ver,=20 mfiutil > > =A0is open source and guaranteed to provide basic functionality, which = can=20 be > > =A0especially useful if you have a problem and can't get MegaCLI to wor= k. > > >=20 > John, thank you very much for mfc'ing those nice mfi- and mptutil! > It's interesting to know if this can be mfc'ed to 6 safely in principle, > without breaking some of existing interfaces. > I tried to use both on 6, and my experience was quite successful. They should both work fine on 6, though I do not have any plans to MFC them in FreeBSD itself. mfiutil has even been known to work on 4.x. :) Also, 8= =2E0=20 will ship before 7.3. :) =2D-=20 John Baldwin