Support for HP Smart Array 5i in ciss(4)?

[Christian Brueffer]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 03:59:19PM +0100, nocturnal wrote:
> Hi
> 
> The hardware notes for 6.2-RELEASE say that the ciss(4) driver supports 
> Compaq Smart Array 5i and HP Smart Array 6i but not HP Smart Array 5i. 
> Are all the cards that follow this CISS standard listed there or is it 
> possible that the driver will also support HP Smart Array 5i?
> 
> I have not read the full data sheet from HP for the Smart Array 5i but i 
> searched through it and could not find any mention of CISS.
> -- 

It's certainly possible that the driver supports your controller.

The manpage says "Controllers supported by the ciss driver include..."
for the exact reason that it's not en exhaustive list.

- Christian

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