On Nov 24, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Xin LI wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Paul Mather <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the link! I'm not sure whether "Fixed arcmsr driver prevent >> 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 fixed >> to prevent it attaching to the ARC-13X0 cards, implying that it is not >> supported. This entry about OS support on the Areca official page for the >> ARC-1300 product (http://www.areca.us/products/sasnoneraid.htm) is also not >> inspiring: "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, >> whenever they are released? > > 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.
So, to clarify, does this mean the 3 Gb/s ARC-1300 cards are not currently supported under 8-STABLE? Or, are they supported by a different driver to arcmsr (if so, which one?), but arcmsr must be updated so it doesn't probe and claim the card instead? Cheers, Paul. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
