Re: aac, aaccli no longer work on 7.

Hello

Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> Hi
> 
> When I run aaccli on 7-PRERELEASE, I get the following error:
> 
> Adaptec SCSI RAID Controller Command Line Interface
> Copyright 1998-2002 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> CLI > open aac0
> Executing: open "aac0"
> Command Error: <The miniport device driver is too old to work with the current A
> FAAPI.DLL.>
> 
> The device (2410SA) is detected as follows:
> 
> hw.aac.iosize_max: 65536
> dev.aac.0.%desc: Adaptec SATA RAID 2410SA
> dev.aac.0.%driver: aac
> dev.aac.0.%location: slot=1 function=0
> dev.aac.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x9005 device=0x0285 subvendor=0x9005 subdevice=0x0290 class=0x010400
> dev.aac.0.%parent: pci6
> dev.aacd.0.%desc: RAID 1 (Mirror)
> dev.aacd.0.%driver: aacd
> dev.aacd.0.%parent: aac0
> 
> The system is amd64 SMP.  The last kernel I have that works is
> 7-CURRENT(i386) circa July last year.  Does anyone know whether
> amd64 is the issue, or whether the aac driver has just dropped
> support for aaccli or if there is a newer aaccli available from
> Adaptec?  Or, has Adaptec just dropped FreeBSD support?

Try ports/sysutils/arcconf. It should work with most adaptec
controllers. Unfortantly you have to install adaptecs kernel module to
use all feature with arcconf. I guess apdatecs kernel moduls are only
available for 6.x (32/64bit).

Regards,
Thomas