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Date:      Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:20:03 GMT
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/135712: Man page and hardware release notes for mfi(4) should be updated
Message-ID:  <200906191720.n5JHK3Je075517@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/135712; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Cc: Michael Gmelin <freebsdusb@bindone.de>,
 freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/135712: Man page and hardware release notes for mfi(4) should be updated
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:04:23 -0400

 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



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