From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 23:56:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A38106566B; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:56:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.thyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B468FC19; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:56:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh15 with SMTP id 15so3041970wyh.13 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:56:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=XFwAX8pMxYhEgdNeMSvd+HbPVUYtv426KtynIPkUMbA=; b=RU2GAXENW58jhWav1PjVpYgs+lDHUP5UHPlSFdAPn9Q8Po0KrfXgaUC3x9Wn9SmcGe ESXkMjnmOQ5ovp62oVX0WaG6LCjipmXyHXbS/oud+dOpEZbq4ou3LKAgUw0g6hhD4eZ7 8XWUjkPYfiYEgkavvB1ByH3IUdiU3XyXDxE/A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.18.130 with SMTP id l2mr850325wel.74.1315698998583; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.11.9 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:56:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.11.9 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:56:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1097983890.125394.1315687025909.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> References: <1097983890.125394.1315687025909.JavaMail.root@mail-01.cse.ucsc.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:26:37 +0930 Message-ID: From: Matt Thyer To: Tim Gustafson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Adrian Chadd , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_8 / mpt / zpool Errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:56:40 -0000 On Sep 11, 2011 6:07 AM, "Tim Gustafson" wrote: > > > I'm not sure what cards you can get now with the LSI 1068E chip. As > > LSI branded cards cost more, I went for for the LSI SAS2008 based > > Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8i as I knew I wasn't going to use port expanders. > > It could be hard to get cards with the older chip now (you might have > > to get something second hand). > > I'm not at all wedded to that card; any card that has two external ports will do for me. The bigger requirement is that it works well with FreeBSD 8.2 and eventually 9.0. If you had your pick of any (reasonably priced) card that had two external ports and would work in my configuration, which would it be? I don't know what's out there having chosen only one such card for home use. So you'll need to do your own research. Start with looking at any card with the right chip and then look for evidence that people have used said card with FreeBSD. > > A port expander would be required and just a few older drives in > > the enclosure. A developer (of which I'm not) would need console > > access and ability to install new kernels, reboot etc. > > I can probably swing that, at least for a time, in 3 or 4 weeks. We have hardware on order that I can use to test with for a short while before it goes into production. You should contact the driver maintainer and see if they're available & inclined to take up your offer of hardware availability. You may also have access to some talented young students who might be interested in driver programming who could help. As a production user of FreeBSD it's always great if you can find a way to contribute back to the project in areas that help you too.