Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:06:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: projects/mfi_head to -current next week Message-ID: <201203311606.q2VG66FC024172@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <4F64CA6C.5000009@lissyara.su>
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Alex Keda writes: | On 16.03.2012 19:39, Doug Ambrisko wrote: | > Hi folks, | > | > I'd like to start merging mfi(4) from projects/head_mfi into -current | > next week. The mfi(4) driver is stable and I don't know of any issues | > with it now. I fixed a few issues that I knew of this past week. Several | > people have contributed to this. LSI did the base HW support. This | > update supports all current mfi based cards. It supports JBOD via creating | > /sys/mfisyspd* entries for each disk. When a disk is pulled from the | > controller the node goes away and when a disk is inserted it creates an | > entry. Using a fairly new MegaCli, it can also control how JBOD support | > works. We may need to update our port. This JBOD support is not the same | > as CAM pass through that some have hacked to make disks appear as da*. | > | > Several people are using this driver now so I feel it is stable enough | > to hit the tree. More eyes and people using this will make it better. | > This new HW is showing up more and more in new systems so it will make | > it easier for people to use FreeBSD on these machines and have it just | > work. | > | > Thanks to LSI for the initial HW support and all of the people that have | > been testing and getting it in shape to commit. | | Good news! | How about new hardware? Although delayed due to finding some header issues when I tested creating RAID's this is now in -current ... and yes it supports all known MFI type cards. Doug A.
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