From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 19:28:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 928B81065675; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sbruno@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823D68FC1B; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o5HJSupL026839; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:56 GMT (envelope-from sbruno@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from sbruno@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o5HJSugl026837; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:56 GMT (envelope-from sbruno@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201006171928.o5HJSugl026837@svn.freebsd.org> From: Sean Bruno Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:56 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r209266 - head/usr.sbin/mptutil X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:28:56 -0000 Author: sbruno Date: Thu Jun 17 19:28:56 2010 New Revision: 209266 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209266 Log: Expand man page to document the fact that mptutil/mpt doesn't support RAID volumes in excess of 2TB. Document workaround via geom or zfs Modified submitter's original patch to reference why this is broken and what to do to work around the issue. Submitted by: hubert@tournier.org PR: bin/147572 Reviewed by: jhb MFC after: 2 weeks Modified: head/usr.sbin/mptutil/mptutil.8 Modified: head/usr.sbin/mptutil/mptutil.8 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/mptutil/mptutil.8 Thu Jun 17 19:25:05 2010 (r209265) +++ head/usr.sbin/mptutil/mptutil.8 Thu Jun 17 19:28:56 2010 (r209266) @@ -384,3 +384,15 @@ configurations may not work reliably. .Pp Drive configuration commands result in an excessive flood of messages on the console. +.Pp +The mpt version 1 API that is used by +.Nm +and +.Xr mpt 4 +doesn't support volumes above two terabytes. +This is a limitation of the API. +If you are using this adapter with volumes larger than two terabytes, use the adapter in JBOD mode. +Utilize +.Xr geom 8 +.Xr zfs 1M +or another software volume manager to work around this limitation.