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Date:      Mon, 2 Sep 2019 18:25:54 -0500
From:      Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: LSI/AVGO/Broadcom 9280-16i4e support?
Message-ID:  <15DDFDB8-196E-4535-8ED5-684A1596CDA6@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <33e5bb7d-c060-f34c-0b43-702c4006531d@denninger.net>
References:  <b7e3cafdf7cb7b8195c1e0dfca6965cd@h8spam.org> <33e5bb7d-c060-f34c-0b43-702c4006531d@denninger.net>

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> On Sep 1, 2019, at 4:03 PM, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:
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>> On 9/1/2019 15:17, Chris wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> I recently picked up an LSI/AVGO/Broadcom 9280-16i4e card with
>> the intent of flashing it to IT mode (pass through). So as to
>> use it in one of my servers.
>> However; looking through the Hardware (support) section of the
>> release notes for 12; the closest I found was the 9260.
>> Does anyone have any experience with the 9280-16i4e on FreeBSD?
>> Does it work? Well? If not, anytime soon?
>>=20
>> Thank you very much.
>>=20
>> Chris
>>=20
> It will PROBABLY work.
>=20
> =46rom Avago: http://www.ssdworks.com/MegaRAID-SAS-9280-16i4e.asp
>=20
> LSISAS2108 6Gb/s RAID-on-Chip
>=20
> =46rom the driver in sys/dev/mps for 12-STABLE at present:
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> mps_pci.c:      { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_1,=

> mps_pci.c:          0xffff, 0xffff, 0, "Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2108" }=
,
> mps_pci.c:      { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_2,=

> mps_pci.c:          0xffff, 0xffff, 0, "Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2108" }=
,
> mps_pci.c:      { MPI2_MFGPAGE_VENDORID_LSI, MPI2_MFGPAGE_DEVID_SAS2108_3,=

> mps_pci.c:          0xffff, 0xffff, 0, "Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2108" }=
,
>=20
> I wouldn't call this dispositive but it's easy enough to figure out
> (stick it in a box and boot the install media; see if it shows up during
> the probe.)
>=20
> --=20
> Karl Denninger
> karl@denninger.net <mailto:karl@denninger.net>
> /The Market Ticker/
> /[S/MIME encrypted email preferred]/

That card works on FreeBSD. I have personal experience with it. However flas=
hing it to IT mode isn=E2=80=99t possible. That=E2=80=99s a RoC not an HBA. =
 The closest you can get to pass through is a bunch of single drive RAID 0 d=
isks with the caching disabled.

Thanks,

Josh Paetzel
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve=




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