From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 6 17:44:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1C3B16A4CE for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:44:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (ms-2.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87C8B43D4C for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:44:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@unixpages.org) Received: from r220-1 (r220-1.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE [134.130.3.31]) by ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.12 (built Feb 13 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I3M00C4ZRYOB1@ms-dienst.rz.rwth-aachen.de> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:44:48 +0200 (MEST) Received: from relay.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.3.1]) by r220-1 (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:44:47 +0200 (MEST) Received: from haakonia.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de (haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.181.92])i86HikRA008527; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:44:47 +0200 (MEST) Received: from gondor.middleearth (gondor.middleearth [192.168.1.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))(Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DA02846D; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:44:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: by gondor.middleearth (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A6CF7613A; Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:44:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:44:40 +0200 From: Christian Brueffer In-reply-to: <20040906163249.GF261@numachi.com> To: Brian Reichert Message-id: <20040906174440.GO66117@unixpages.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/signed; boundary=+bDoS+V4AJZnUgoC; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-PGP-Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D References: <20040901052054.GV4846@numachi.com> <6.1.2.0.0.20040901090639.08d11060@64.7.153.2> <20040906163249.GF261@numachi.com> cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: how 'supported' are 3ware Escalade controllers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:44:50 -0000 --+bDoS+V4AJZnUgoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 12:32:49PM -0400, Brian Reichert wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:20:01AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > If you are putting together a new system, I would look at the SATA seri= es=20 > > of their cards, the 8000. I dont have any experience yet with their ne= wer=20 > > generation 9000 cards and they use newer drivers so I dont know how wel= l=20 > > tested they are. However, the older 7506-8 we are currently using in ou= r=20 > > pop3 server has been working very well for us for the past year. >=20 > I wanted to make use of file snapshots in FreeBSD 5.x (aiming at > 5.2.1 right now). >=20 > I'm reviewing . This > page implies that the 7000 and 8000 series is not supported, and > I'd gave to stick with 9000 series. >=20 > Is that info out of date? I suppose I could call 3Ware, but it's > a holiday, and I'm assuming they're not open (but the FBSD community > is always there for me; right guys? ;) >=20 Well, they do list FreeBSD under both, 7000/8000 and 9000 (even though 5.x is not explicitly mentioned). But to answer your question, the 7000/8000 series is supported by the twe driver (a list of supported hardware is in the manpage). - Christian --=20 Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D --+bDoS+V4AJZnUgoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBPKIIbHYXjKDtmC0RAs9QAJ9Xqy8o/oPhigtd9bNh1gryb5PYxACfToPh 64b+CzClYwp6JKgQ8HM1HNs= =rw1Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+bDoS+V4AJZnUgoC--