support of PCIe NVME drives

[Mel Pilgrim]

On 2020-04-16 12:30, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23:
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>> 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?