Support for Areca ARC-1300-4X on 8-STABLE?

[Xin LI]

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On 11/24/10 18:28, Paul Mather wrote:
> On Nov 24, 2010, at 7:06 PM, Xin LI wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Paul Mather <paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote:
>>> Thanks for the link!  I'm not sure whether "Fixed arcmsr driver prevent arcsas support for Areca SAS HBA ARC13x0" in the "Bug fixes" list is good news or bad news for me.  It suggests that the arcmsr driver has been fixed to prevent it attaching to the ARC-13X0 cards, implying that it is not supported.  This entry about OS support on the Areca official page for the ARC-1300 product (http://www.areca.us/products/sasnoneraid.htm) is also not inspiring: "BSD/FreeBSD (will be available with 6Gb/s Host Adapter)."  Does this mean only their 6 Gb/s cards will be supported under FreeBSD, or that support for the 3 Gb/s cards will appear alongside the 6 Gb/s cards, whenever they are released?
>>
>> The 6Gb/s cards are not released yet.  The updated driver resolved a
>> conflict with the newer ARC13x0 cards, without it one will have to
>> update arcmsr(4) before installing the SAS card driver.
> 
> So, to clarify, does this mean the 3 Gb/s ARC-1300 cards are not currently supported under 8-STABLE?  Or, are they supported by a different driver to arcmsr (if so, which one?), but arcmsr must be updated so it doesn't probe and claim the card instead?

Looking at the code I believe Areca 1380 and 1381 are supported on
- -HEAD.  I'm heading off committing the MFC of latest driver to 8-STABLE
in a few minutes.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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