Management interface for cards powered by the "mfi" driver?

[Stefan Lambrev]

Hi Ruben,

Ruben van Staveren wrote:
>
> On 18 Jun 2008, at 16:07, Stefan Lambrev wrote:
>
>>> Last time I checked it was still 2.6.12. it still is set to that 
>>> value on our 2950's (running 6.2 and linux_base-fc-4_9)
>> I never saw 2.6.12 in documentation, but you may be right. Tough in 
>> ports/UPDATING only 2.6.16 is mention.
>> http://blogs.freebsdish.org/netchild/category/freebsd/linuxolator/ 
>> speaks also only for 2.6.16 :)
>
> I got this from reading the commit message of r1.5 of 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi.c
>
> I don't know what the change set between 2.6.12 and 2.6.16 is 
> regarding the linuxolator. As I see it the difference should only in 
> more syscalls being supported. So if megacli has enough to get going 
> on by setting it to just 2.6.12 it should not have a requirement for 
> 2.6.16. Correct me if I am wrong (and I'll fix the instructions in the 
> port)
Yes that's correct, so the sanity check should be >= 2.6.12, not just 
equal to 2.6.12?
>
> Of course, if you think mfi(4) should support your board csup up to 
> the latest stable and see whether it works. Also run through 
> /usr/local/sbin/megacli instead of /usr/local/libexec/MegaCli as it 
> will perform some sanity checks.
I do not have problems with mfi and megacli ;) It's the OP who have them.
>
>>> People should only realise that they are running a linux binary 
>>> under emulation in order to manage their mission critical servers. 
>>> It is a thing you might not like.
>> It has been always this way with lsi ? Actually the difference now is 
>> that we are forced to use tools under beta/experimental linuxolator ;)
>>>
>
> Sad but true. But I managed with ease to replace a hot spare not that 
> long ago.
>
> You might want to have a peek at the cheat sheet hosted at 
> http://tools.rapidsoft.de/perc/
nice site :)
>
> Cheers,
>     Ruben
>

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Best Wishes,
Stefan Lambrev
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