From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 16 15:36:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E9F1065672; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:36:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vb0-f54.google.com (mail-vb0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFE08FC17; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:36:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vbmv11 with SMTP id v11so3324169vbm.13 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:36:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=+J5uX+1YowPhijShqRLzJr5ZHGHUUdCV3Z2DI3acPr8=; b=aD0wTpwAZ6Hz6+z3sN4JLdwX+D+7lJqykfNXrGOIguh+DFd0zb/e5p4JSTXau4YNAE 88g9cNyUtI2F9xs6xKxnhTNSbLffyBy4yy+IL74yyIYRKpe0fs99Oc3G3EcC8aBu0X4N c4695DFK71u+md2ozKM2aQH2kp9KlU1Q0+8VdFMoEoAhBRkd4Id/owwUSHNq5VDMcJME srcGQRroNs32kUM2Qtvm3hoTC9lJPoerS2wKIrQb4eWuFWHybNMpUfkK+5vO5VdhoCRo rBtpBD/vV3muPiIb0RfhufNqVEoCulvr2MvtOg4FrClYLosMg3yGQtEbck24JmwZpioX ycow== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.65.171 with SMTP id y11mr592698vds.104.1345131396073; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:36:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.157.8 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:36:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5433111728EF4748A35DB4ED19E10CD2@multiplay.co.uk> References: <50E70CD3-2D8A-4B49-8BB1-381FB6779A71@transactionware.com> <5433111728EF4748A35DB4ED19E10CD2@multiplay.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:36:36 +0300 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: Steven Hartland Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Stable , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI 9240-4i 4K alignment X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:36:37 -0000 On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kontostanos" > > To: "FreeBSD Stable" ; > > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:38 AM > Subject: Re: LSI 9240-4i 4K alignment > > > >> After contacting the manufacturer we got this response: >> >> ------ >> My apologies for the wrong information provided in my previous email. >> I was under the impression that this OS is still supported but after >> checking with our developer, FreeBSD is currently not supported with >> the LSI Megaraid Cards due to some issue with the driver we've >> provided. It will be supported in our upcoming releases which may come >> by the end of this year. Please check back on our website during that >> time frame for the FreeBSD driver. >> Once again please accept my apologies for the inconvenience. >> ----- > > > I would ask them if they have a fix, as if they do there's nothing > stopping you building a custom kernel with the update. You are right but it seems more cost effective to get a new controller that has support under the mps driver. > Its quite common for big companies to not "officially" support until a > release but that doesn't mean they don't have a fix if you know what I > mean :) I know. The problem with that controller is that for some reason it doesn't like gpart. I have gnoped the drives directly and it seems to be working so far. > In addition to this we're running LSI 2008 based controllers here on > 8.2-RELEASE + manually merged in mps driver with ZFS just fine. They > aren't running 4k aligned but they are working well. > Right, they fall under the mps driver like the following: LSI Logic SAS2004 (4 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2008 (8 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2108 (8 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2116 (16 Port SAS) LSI Logic SAS2208 (8 Port SAS) I have worked in the past with some of those and never had a problem. > Regards > Steve > Cheers -- George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net