docs/135712: Man page and hardware release notes for mfi(4) should be updated
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Fri Jun 19 17:10:59 UTC 2009
On Thursday 18 June 2009 12:49:09 pm Michael Gmelin wrote:
>
> >Number: 135712
> >Category: docs
> >Synopsis: Man page and hardware release notes for mfi(4) should be
updated
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: non-critical
> >Priority: low
> >Responsible: freebsd-doc
> >State: open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class: doc-bug
> >Submitter-Id: current-users
> >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 18 16:50:02 UTC 2009
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: Michael Gmelin
> >Release: 7.2-RELEASE
> >Organization:
> /bin/done digital solutions GmbH
> >Environment:
> FreeBSD srv02 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Thu May 14 00:07:23 UTC
2009 root at srv02:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
>
> >Description:
> Afaik the mfi(4) driver also supports the following devices for quite a
while now:
>
> LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E
> LSI MegaRAID SAS 8480E
> LSI MegaRAID SAS 1078
> Dell PERC5
> Dell PERC6
>
> man mfi(4) and the hardware release notes only mentions the following
hardware:
> LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E
> LSI MegaRAID SAS 8480E
> Dell PERC5/i
>
> -CURRENT has this corrected for a long time now, I've seen reports about
PERC6 working in 6.3 and 7.0 one and a half years ago:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-January/039686.html
>
> This should be updated, so people can make informed decisions when buying
hardware that's supported by FreeBSD.
Yes, looks like the manpage update just needs to be MFC'd.
--
John Baldwin
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