Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:29:05 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Ray Gilstrap <gilstrap@nren.nasa.gov> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP and 5.2.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <41CAD631.5060704@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20041223010308.C88409@ratogi.nren.nasa.gov> References: <20041214221225.U36818@ratogi.nren.nasa.gov> <41BFE12B.1020300@freebsd.org> <20041223010308.C88409@ratogi.nren.nasa.gov>
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Yeah, bonnie is famous for unreliable numbers. You need to tell it to use a test file size that is twice the amount of RAM that you have. Scott Ray Gilstrap wrote: > Hi Scott, > > Okay, the system is up and running with the change that you committed. > The kernel (5.3-STABLE) recognized the controller just fine and I was able > to do fdisk/bsdlabel/newfs/mount on aacd0. > > I haven't done any meaningful performance testing yet... I had started > playing with the (randomly chosen) Bonnie benchmark, but it reported > strange numbers that are apparently an allergic reaction to the large > amount of RAM in the machine. Let me know if there are other tests that > you'd like me to run. In the meantime, just having the array (a 3-disk > RAID 5) up and running is a great start. Thanks again! > > ray > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Scott Long wrote: > > : Ray Gilstrap wrote: > : > Hello, > : > > : > We just got a 2230SLP for use in a Dell PowerEdge 2850. We had just about > : > resigned ourselves to using Linux, but FreeBSD support would be great. > : > > : > We haven't installed any OS on the machine yet, but I was able to get it up > : > and running with the FreeSBIE 1.1 live CD. Output of 'uname -a' and > : > 'pciconf -lv' follows. The 2230SLP is the second to last device in the > : > listing. Please let me know if any additional information is needed. > : > > : > Thanks! > : > ray > : > > : > (PS: Hopefully this gets to the right people... we found this thread in > : > Google Groups, which obfuscates email addresses.) > : > : I can update the AAC driver with this PCI Id (thanks for providing it!), but > : that won't help you with installing 5.3-RELEASE onto the controller. > : You'll need to either install onto another controller and then update > : your sources and recompile, or wait until the change propagates to the > : snapshot build machines and then install a 5.3-STABLE snapshot. > : > : Once you get this working, I'd be very interesting to hear how well it > : works for you. I'll commit the changes right now; I would expect the > : change to reach the snapshots within a few days. > : > : Scott > : _______________________________________________ > : freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > : http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > : To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > :
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