Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:06:49 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: Support for Areca ARC-1300-4X on 8-STABLE? Message-ID: <AANLkTi=cnXqh%2Bwz_Qsz2saNeLuWdQc9Vf1_QNf8rTPka@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <F144E032-E803-48DE-8855-190B74DF3D84@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <D7494E82-4424-4535-87F9-59FAC5A170B3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20101124053255.GA15123@icarus.home.lan> <F144E032-E803-48DE-8855-190B74DF3D84@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrot= e: > Thanks for the link! =C2=A0I'm not sure whether "Fixed arcmsr driver prev= ent arcsas support for Areca SAS HBA ARC13x0" in the "Bug fixes" list is go= od news or bad news for me. =C2=A0It suggests that the arcmsr driver has be= en fixed to prevent it attaching to the ARC-13X0 cards, implying that it is= not supported. =C2=A0This entry about OS support on the Areca official pag= e for the ARC-1300 product (http://www.areca.us/products/sasnoneraid.htm) i= s also not inspiring: "BSD/FreeBSD (will be available with 6Gb/s Host Adapt= er)." =C2=A0Does this mean only their 6 Gb/s cards will be supported under = FreeBSD, or that support for the 3 Gb/s cards will appear alongside the 6 G= b/s cards, whenever they are released? The 6Gb/s cards are not released yet. The updated driver resolved a conflict with the newer ARC13x0 cards, without it one will have to update arcmsr(4) before installing the SAS card driver. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net
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