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On 11/24/10 18:28, Paul Mather wrote:
> 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?

Looking at the code I believe Areca 1380 and 1381 are supported on
- -HEAD.  I'm heading off committing the MFC of latest driver to 8-STABLE
in a few minutes.

Cheers,
- -- 
Xin LI <[email protected]>    http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!          Live free or die
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