Re: projects/mfi_head to -current next week

On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 10:31 -0700, Alex Keda wrote:
> On 16.03.2012 19:39, Doug Ambrisko wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'd like to start merging mfi(4) from projects/head_mfi into -current
> > next week.  The mfi(4) driver is stable and I don't know of any issues
> > with it now.  I fixed a few issues that I knew of this past week.  Several
> > people have contributed to this.  LSI did the base HW support.  This
> > update supports all current mfi based cards.  It supports JBOD via creating
> > /sys/mfisyspd* entries for each disk.  When a disk is pulled from the
> > controller the node goes away and when a disk is inserted it creates an
> > entry.  Using a fairly new MegaCli, it can also control how JBOD support
> > works.  We may need to update our port.  This JBOD support is not the same
> > as CAM pass through that some have hacked to make disks appear as da*.
> >
> > Several people are using this driver now so I feel it is stable enough
> > to hit the tree.  More eyes and people using this will make it better.
> > This new HW is showing up more and more in new systems so it will make
> > it easier for people to use FreeBSD on these machines and have it just
> > work.
> >
> > Thanks to LSI for the initial HW support and all of the people that have
> > been testing and getting it in shape to commit.
> Good news!
> How about new hardware?

The only h/w that I've seen that requires this new support is the Dell
H710 that is shipping with their latest servers (12G).

Sean