-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJM7qgWAAoJEATO+BI/yjfBX2kIAKEaJFhUEKPzgxiOdch7EfQ4 HNctzFm0t+7UuRrZJwmikB8cgJSXwWutbDJnbLmhimzeoYJdvcVW+Z+Kp2ewEnCx YvDE+v7MqNxOsb66RxJ70lY0SPCozKufRa1v9uHpeBEyGgeCGoS8+1vLCHX0tlKL wv+kpM+u5BVCsCQOfDj6CAaJEl6UxEBpEG7fK1+BViQsilUff1NIHvMXvG0JV1lD Dz+Wrt0sCMJb7VVrJ3BJkJ/Xnl9GsimwatKS9PxRe+I294JOxn3PHeJSX4kRbnyo LaDWtKyDMj4z4D2QE5B97eORD/0md7RMtpo628U1QGwAyQ8rVPZUUzZP9hWuH+A= =wAD1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
