From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 18:28:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D9321065672 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:28:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A08678FC0A for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 91151 invoked by uid 110); 4 Jun 2012 18:28:34 -0000 Received: from ool-4571afe7.dyn.optonline.net (HELO desktop1) (simon@optinet.com@69.113.175.231) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 4 Jun 2012 18:28:34 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "kpneal@pobox.com" Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:28:18 -0400 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2717) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600;3) In-Reply-To: <20120517152401.GA13731@neutralgood.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20120604182842.0D9321065672@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 support for LSI SAS 2208 based controllers/Dell PERC 710 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:28:42 -0000 I'm wondering if this was resolved. I was looking at Dell R610s with Perc H700 and no solid information either. Found a few threads with people having issues with it, no solutions. These been out since early 2010, not cutting edge by any means. Is anyone using Dell R610/R620 with Perc H700/H710 reliably for some time? How can a hardcore server-OS like FreeBSD not have solid support for these popular server platforms :\ The more I run into these issues, the more I'm being forced to consider Linux; this is somewhat sad. I hope I'm mistaken but it seems like there is less and less support for mainstream server out-of-box hardware lately. -Simon On Thu, 17 May 2012 11:24:01 -0400, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: >On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 02:07:30PM -0500, Mark Felder wrote: >> On Wed, 16 May 2012 13:04:25 -0500, Rick Miller >> wrote: >> >> > >> >Would anyone else out there have any experience with installing >> >FreeBSD on the R620 and be able to provide any tips for >> >troubleshooting? >> > >> >> Does 9.0 install on that hardware? It's possible your controller chip has >> a slightly different revision that isn't listed in the driver. I'd expect >> it to not work on 9.0 either in that case. >I also have an R620 possibly with the same card. >FreeBSD 8.3 does not see the card. >FreeBSD 9.0 sees the card well enough to hang the kernel trying to >get a good response out of the probe. >I thought the mfi driver was the relevant one? I'm pretty sure that's >the one that hangs 9.0. I'll check tonight. >Having 9.0 hang makes it ... difficult ... to get a 9.0 install done >to the built-in usb drive. So I'm planning on trying to run a 9.0-current >kernel with an 8.3 userland at least for a little while. >-- >Kevin P. Neal http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ > "Good grief, I've just noticed I've typed in a rant. Sorry chaps!" > Keir Finlow Bates, circa 1998 >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"