You just think that it's running perfectly under Linux ;-) See eg. this post http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=125783114503531&w=2
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Michael Lechtermann <mich...@lechtermann.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 04.03.2010 16:32, schrieb FRLinux: >> Hello, i read from the current documentation that it is not advised to >> purchase hardware containing the following (taken from >> http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html) >> >> Adaptec FSA-based RAID controllers (aac), including: (*) >> Note: In the past years Adaptec has lied to us repeatedly about >> forthcoming documentation which would have allowed us to stabilize, >> improve and manage RAID support for these (rather buggy) raid >> controllers. >> As a result, we do not recommend the Adaptec cards for use. >> >> B B * Adaptec AAC-2622, AAC-364, AAC-3642, 2130S, 2200S, 2230SLP, >> 2410SA, 2610SA, 2810SA, 21610SA >> B B * Dell CERC-SATA, PERC 320/DC >> B B * Dell PERC 2/QC, PERC 2/Si, PERC 3/Si, PERC 3/D >> B B * HP NetRaid-4M >> B B * IBM ServeRAID-8i/8k/8s >> >> Now I do have a Dell PE 850 (2005 edition) SATA CERC 1.5/6Ch with a >> RAID on it. Works perfectly under Linux as one RAID, but OpenBSD (4.6 >> says no drive). >> >> Does it mean I'm screwed? Message below. > > aac is not enabled in the stock kernel for the reasons mentioned above. > You need to enable aac and recompile the kernel if you really want to > use that raid card. > > There is NO raid monitoring available, so you'll never know when i disk > dies. I suggest to replace the controller with something else or just > use the on-board SATA ports and softraid instead. > > > Michael > > -- http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
