[OpenIndiana-discuss] [developer] HBA recommended except LSI and ARECA

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On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 02:49:15AM -0700, Fred Liu wrote:

> Just like what Bob mentioned, the current pmcs(7D) in illumos cannot work with 6H/7H
> series of HBAs. Even replaced with SAS drives, the effort is still in vain.

Are you sure the 6-series needs more than just PCI IDs?  It's the same
ASIC I know worked in the past, so I'd expect it wouldn't be terribly
hard to get it working.  Are you interested in pursuing this?  I intend
to engage with these guys in an effort to get documentation so it can be
a first-class citizen in illumos again, but I'd be very happy to see
someone else pick that up.  It's likely just a matter of finding the
right engineering contact inside PMC (I wouldn't bother with the Adaptec
side other than to help you make the business case).