support of PCIe NVME drives

[Chris]

On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:57:21 -0700 Mel Pilgrim list_freebsd at bluerosetech.com said

> On 2020-04-16 12:30, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> > Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> >>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07:
> > 
> >> I would try booting via UEFI if you can.  I just installed a laptop 
> >> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 
> >> 12-STABLE snapshot I used to boot from.  no other modifications were 
> >> necessary on my end.
> > 
> > I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer 
> > ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :(
> > 
> > You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7
> > 
> > Anything more I can test?
> 
> Looking at server specs, the R6515's NVME support is only through the 
> PERC S150 RAID controller.  If that's the case, I'm pretty sure you're 
> out of luck.  The PERC S-series controllers are software-based RAID that 
> require Dell's Windows or Linux drivers.  You'd need a PERC H-series 
> card to get support in FreeBSD.
> 
> Someone please correct me if I'm wrong?
As I mentioned. I was suspicious of this. He should be able to flash the card,
making it a pass. I do a lot of them. If someone doesn't beat me to it. I'll
dig through what I have, and see if I can't find the right image(s), and program(s).


--Chris