> Joseph A. Dacuma <jadacuma@ched.gov.ph> wrote:
>>> Salut,
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:06:05 +0200 Jukka Marin <jmarin@embedtronics.fi>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I'm still not getting a decent performance out of a 3ware 9550SXU
>>>> card with RAID5 and lots of small files.  My hw dealer was kind enough
>>>
>>> I think that this is impossible. ;-)
>>>
>>>> So the question is: Is anyone working on ARC driver for NetBSD?
>>>
>>> If a different BSD has a driver already, it should be an easy fix.
>>>
>>> 				Tonnerre
>>>
>>OpenBSD has drivers for Areca SATA RAID controllers, ARC(4). It would be
>>nice if somebody has time to import it.
>>
>>http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=arc&arch=i386&sektion=4
>
> To avoid extra work, TNF has funded a developer to do the ARC OpenBSD
> driver port. The driver seems to be probing and responding to commands
> properly, and we are waiting for actual disks to arrive to test its
> functionality completely. The driver is planned to be available on the
> 4.0 branch.
>
> christos
>
>
That's great news! There were reports that FreeBSD driver arcmsr(4) has
problems for 6.2. Users experiencing errors are advised to install the
driver directly from Areca. Also, to avoid extra typing :), the official
report can be referenced from the link below under item number four,
"Known Problems and Solutions":

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/errata.html

Many thanks for the info and the hardwork to have Areca be included for
NetBSD 4 branch.

Warm regards,

Joseph