Peter Goodman wrote: > I am trying to get a Solaris x86 driver to work with a > > LSI MEGARaid 8208ELP PCI express SAS/SATA card. > > The mega_sas driver does not appear to recognise the card. > > The man page states that the driver support the 8208 card which is uses the > LSI 1068e. Does the mega_sas only support the LSI 1078? or should it work > with the 8208ELP? > > It looks like the card is not included in the driver_aliases. I have tried > adding it to the list, pciex 1000:59.1000.3002 ,but no luck. > > I would be grateful if someone can provide some guidance or advice. > > The machine is being used to evaluate the throughput capabilities of > different hardware configs with ZFS. Currently using 9 Seagate Baracuda > 7200.11 SATA drives. I am happy to experiment with drivers etc as the data is > not precious and I have time available to explore different avenues. > > I am assuming that the mega_sas is the appropriate driver as the card is > listed as support in the man page. However would it make more sense to try > the mfi driver? I am happy to try the latest nevada builds if that makes > sense. I have been using Solaris 10 u5, as well as Nevada 82 and 86. > > prtconf reports: > > pci1000,3002 > Hardware properties: > name='assigned-addresses' type=int items=15 > > value=81060010.00000000.00002000.00000000.00000100.83060014.00000000.d8410000.00000000.00004000.8306001c.00000000.d8400000.00000000.00010000 > name='reg' type=int items=20 > > value=00060000.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000000.01060010.00000000.00000000.00000000.00000100.03060014.00000000.00000000.00000000.00004000.0306001c.00000000.00000000.00000000.00010000 > name='compatible' type=string items=13 > value='pciex1000,59.1000.3002.4' + > 'pciex1000,59.1000.3002' + 'pciex1000,59.4' + 'pciex1000,59' + > 'pciexclass,010000' + 'pciexclass,0100' + 'pci1000,59.1000.3002.4' + > 'pci1000,59.1000.3002' + 'pci1000,3002' + 'pci1000,59.4' + 'pci1000,59' + > 'pciclass,010000' + 'pciclass,0100'
Hi Peter, yes, I would expect that the card to work with mega_sas. Which build of OpenSolaris are you running with this card? James C. McPherson -- Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
