Porting mpt-status to FreeBSD?

[Nico -telmich- Schottelius]

Hello guys!

I just found mpt-status in Linux and wondered how much work it would be
to have a simlar functionality in FreeBSD.

I was thinking about some possible ways:

- porting mpt-status + kernel code from Linux to FreeBSD (as in rewrite,
  because GPL != BSD)
  => Much work I guess
- Modifying FreeBSD's mpt to export same information in same format
  => Should be possible, if the mpt drivers already knows about the
  status
- Create freebsd-mpt-status tool that reads freebsds mpt driver
  information, if already available
  => Sounds like the best solution for me

So my questions now are:

- Is the needed information (online drives, status of arrays) already in the driver?

   o If not, did anyone try to use the information from the Linux driver to make mpt
      from FreeBSD know the same information?

   o If yes, is the needed information exported to userspace somewhere?

Thanks for any hints

Nico

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