On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger <li...@xunil.at> wrote: > > Does anyone use that controller with gentoo? > > If yes, which driver/module does support it? > > I ordered one for a server and did not really check the facts ;-)
Looks like it uses the LSI SAS2008 chipset (basically LSI controller with HP branding), so you should enable kernel module mpt2sas (CONFIG_SCSI_MPT2SAS) and probably some other SAS-related options will be required as well if you don't already use them. I actually just installed a card with this same chipset in my Gentoo machine yesterday! I have not attached disks to it yet, as I am waiting for the enclosure to be delivered, but so far nothing froze or burst into flames when the module loaded. :) I even upgraded the BIOS and firmware on the card from within linux and everything seems okay, so far.
