Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:42:51 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd 7 amd64 need clarification on SAS controller Message-ID: <200804181442.51848.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <367917.29366.qm@web53812.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <367917.29366.qm@web53812.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday 17 April 2008 11:56:49 pm chilo wrote: > We currently have a box that have this specs for freebsd 7 64 bit: > > Dual Core Intel XEON processor 5000 1333MHZ > Intel 5000 chipset family > 1 GB min fully buffered memory > 4 x 146GB SAS drives > Lan Intel 82563EB dual port controller > LSI 1068 SAS Contoller > > I have a LSI 1068 SAS controller but on my dmesg.boot this is the output: > > mfi0: <LSI MegaSAS 1064R> mem 0xb8b00000-0xb8b0ffff,0xb8900000-0xb891ffff irq 18 at device 14.on pci4 > mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 > > I've checked the freebsd site and the LSI 106x family should have mpt drivers but my dmesg.boot says mfi. No, mfi is correct. Assuming you want to do RAID you will be much happier with mfi(4) (a real RAID controller with on-board cache and optional battery back-up, etc.) compared to mpt(4) anyway. -- John Baldwin
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