in case somebody gets stuck as i was - here are detailed instruction and
the CORRECT ORDER in which the needed kernel modules HAVE to be loaded
in order for the megacli to work properly...
big thanks to Christoph Schug
Christoph Schug wrote:
On Mon, Jun 02, 2008, kalin m wrote:
Great info, Kalin.
I have several boxes with LSI controllers, the PERC 5i works
wonderfully with FreeBSD (though the Dell 6850 sucks), and I have a
couple boxes with Supermicro boards with built-in LSI MegaRaid,
however it's done in software. This means that the mfi controller
works fine as
hi vince... thank you for the advice.
i did update my ports and install the 1.01.40 version...
i have the linux-base installed and the linprocfs and linsysfs mounted..
but still nothing substantial happening:
# megacli -adpCount
Controller Count: 0.
ok... i guess i've had it with the mfi
according to the hardware list on the freebsd site there are only 3
cards supported by the mfi driver on freebsd7 and the LSI MegaSAS 1078
ain't one of them. and lsi appears to be a remote company in singapore
which apparently doesn't like to support
kalin m wrote:
sorry for the double posting just to update:
i installed also the linux-megamgr same result:
Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0
after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets
more and more pathetic by the minute...
odd that it wouldnt
kalin m wrote:
hi all...
a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at
the dmesg i see:
mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem
0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00
for df i get:
megarc, right... read about it.. here:
# megarc -AllAdpInfo help
usage :
cmd -AllAdpInfo
: prints info of all cards
. ok .
# megarc -AllAdpInfo
**
MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration
kalin m wrote:
megarc, right... read about it.. here:
# megarc -AllAdpInfo help
usage :
cmd -AllAdpInfo
: prints info of all cards
. ok .
# megarc -AllAdpInfo
**
MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration
thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot
of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have
cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to
get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the
thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot
of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have
cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to
get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the
sorry for the double posting just to update:
i installed also the linux-megamgr same result:
Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0
after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets
more and more pathetic by the minute...
kalin m wrote:
thanks Vince... i
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 19:31 -0400, kalin m wrote:
sorry for the double posting just to update:
Talk to to your local Dell flunky -- they bought into that LSI/QLogic
chipset knowing full well that LSI/QLogic's business model was not F/OSS
friendly.
~BAS
i installed also the
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