On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 09:28:13PM -0500, 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 <p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> > > 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?
I talked, to areca support two weeks ago about this driver and they told me, they had found a problem in the driver which will delay the release to an uncertain date. Don't know when they'll release the 6Gbit/s cards though. hth, leon _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
