[OpenIndiana-discuss] using LSI 2308-IT onboard supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD, openindiana not loading drivers? (OpenIndiana-discuss Digest, Vol 29, Issue 43)

[Jim Klimov]

On 2013-01-02 09:16, Ong Yu-Phing wrote:
> great, that worked, albeit slightly differently, so FYI to contribute to
> the list and knowledge:
>
> Once I had the hint about /etc/driver_alises, I man'd to find out more,
> then checked using prtconf, noticed the card was referenced as
> pci15d9,69l (rather than pciex1000,86), so used update_drv -a -i
> "pci15d9,69l" mpt_sas, and the controller+disks were found.


Question to the list: in this case, shouldn't "pciex" work as well as
(or better than - more native) "pci"? I.e. what is the difference:
# update_drv -a -i "pci15d9,691" mpt_sas
# update_drv -a -i "pciex15d9,691" mpt_sas

Thanks for insights,
//Jim