Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:56:40 +0100 From: Leon =?iso-8859-15?Q?Me=DFner?= <l.messner@physik.tu-berlin.de> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Areca ARC-1300-4X on 8-STABLE? Message-ID: <20101126115640.GB36962@emmi.physik-pool.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <86234537-4DCC-4EB6-A8D0-BABB68370D1A@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> <AANLkTi=cnXqh%2Bwz_Qsz2saNeLuWdQc9Vf1_QNf8rTPka@mail.gmail.com> <86234537-4DCC-4EB6-A8D0-BABB68370D1A@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:28:13PM -0500, Paul Mather wrote: > On Nov 24, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Xin LI wrote: >=20 > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> = wrote: > >> Thanks for the link! I'm not sure whether "Fixed arcmsr driver preven= t arcsas support for Areca SAS HBA ARC13x0" in the "Bug fixes" list is good= news or bad news for me. It suggests that the arcmsr driver has been fixe= d to prevent it attaching to the ARC-13X0 cards, implying that it is not su= pported. This entry about OS support on the Areca official page for the AR= C-1300 product (http://www.areca.us/products/sasnoneraid.htm) is also not i= nspiring: "BSD/FreeBSD (will be available with 6Gb/s Host Adapter)." Does = 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 Gb/s cards, whenev= er they are released? > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > So, to clarify, does this mean the 3 Gb/s ARC-1300 cards are not currentl= y supported under 8-STABLE? Or, are they supported by a different driver t= o arcmsr (if so, which one?), but arcmsr must be updated so it doesn't prob= e and claim the card instead? I talked, to areca support two weeks ago about this driver and they told me, they had found a problem in the driver which will delay the release to an uncertain date. Don't know when they'll release the 6Gbit/s cards though. hth, leon
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