Andy Lubel wrote:
> Is there a way to add LSI 1078 based raid controller support to Build
> 82?  I have a MegaRaid 8888ELP and would like to see about making it

Caveat user: I am not on the team that is working on integrating this 
driver, nor do I have the hardware to test it with.  I hope this 
information is helpful, though.

You can currently download the driver from LSI's web site:

http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sas/megaraid_sas_8888elp/index.html?remote=1&locale=EN_

Grab the Solaris x86 download (currently version 1.17).

The install instructions talk about a fresh install, which is not what 
you want from the sounds of it.  I suggest trying the following.  My 
understanding is that it should work.

You'll download a file called something like 
"HWR_SAS_Driver_SOLARIS_1.17.zip".  If you unzip that file, you'll end 
up with the following:

Archive:  HWR_SAS_Driver_SOLARIS_1.17.zip
   Length     Date   Time    Name
  --------    ----   ----    ----
      4238  10-31-07 17:03   Solaris-ITU-Install.txt
    462582  10-31-07 02:17   components.tgz
       668  07-23-07 15:20   SAS_Solaris_Driver_00.00.01.17.txt
  --------                   -------
    467488                   3 files

You'll want to extract the components.tgz, and will see the following files:

-rwxrwxrwx root/root   1456128 2007-02-13 12:53 ./mega_sas.img
-rwxr-xr-x root/root    636928 2007-10-30 14:44 ./mega_sas.iso
-rwxrwxrwx root/root     52736 2007-02-13 12:53 ./i386.tar
-rwxrwxrwx root/root    126464 2007-02-13 12:53 ./x86_64.tar

If you're on a 64-bit system, use x86_64.tar, otherwise use i386.tar and 
adjust accordingly.  I'll assume 64-bit for the example.

Extract x86_64.tar, and you should see the following:

drwxrwxrwx   0/0        0 Feb  9 11:11 2007 ./x86_64/
-rw-r--r--   0/0   116208 Feb 13 12:51 2007 ./x86_64/mega_sas
-rwxrwxrwx   0/0     1146 Feb  8 15:57 2007 ./x86_64/install.sh
-rw-rw-rw-   0/0     5228 Sep 19 12:10 2006 ./x86_64/mega_sas.conf

You'll need to be root at this point.  Copy the mega_sas.conf file to 
/kernel/drv, then run the install.sh script.  I'm not sure why the 
install script doesn't copy the conf file for you.

> work with OpenSolaris for my nearline setup.  And what would also be
> cool is if someone had figured out how to make the MSM work inside
> Solaris, MegaCLI is a real pain :)
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -Andy Lubel

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe there will be a Solaris version of MSM. 
  Unfortunately, I think you'll have to wait until at least build 86 
which is when the driver should be integrated.

Hope this helps,

David
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