From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 17:10:59 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8635E10656C0; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:10:59 +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 58C568FC0A; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:10:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0AEBD46B17; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:10:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.hudson-trading.com (unknown [209.249.190.8]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1A7DE8A078; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:10:58 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:04:23 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200906181649.n5IGn9qq058492@www.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200906181649.n5IGn9qq058492@www.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906191304.23326.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:10:58 -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: Michael Gmelin , freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/135712: Man page and hardware release notes for mfi(4) should be updated X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:10:59 -0000 On Thursday 18 June 2009 12:49:09 pm Michael Gmelin wrote: > > >Number: 135712 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Man page and hardware release notes for mfi(4) should be updated > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: doc-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 18 16:50:02 UTC 2009 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Michael Gmelin > >Release: 7.2-RELEASE > >Organization: > /bin/done digital solutions GmbH > >Environment: > FreeBSD srv02 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Thu May 14 00:07:23 UTC 2009 root@srv02:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 > > >Description: > Afaik the mfi(4) driver also supports the following devices for quite a while now: > > LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E > LSI MegaRAID SAS 8480E > LSI MegaRAID SAS 1078 > Dell PERC5 > Dell PERC6 > > man mfi(4) and the hardware release notes only mentions the following hardware: > LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E > LSI MegaRAID SAS 8480E > Dell PERC5/i > > -CURRENT has this corrected for a long time now, I've seen reports about PERC6 working in 6.3 and 7.0 one and a half years ago: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039686.html > > This should be updated, so people can make informed decisions when buying hardware that's supported by FreeBSD. Yes, looks like the manpage update just needs to be MFC'd. -- John Baldwin