Re: mlx on sparc?

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 09:18:38PM +0200, Jan-Hinrich Fessel wrote:
> I just installed an old mylex controller into my E250.  OBP declares  
> it as raid, and netbsd finds it as
> mlx0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0: Mylex RAID (v2 interface)
> mlx0: interrupting at ivec 1c
> mlx0: initializing (may take some time)...
> mlx0: physical drive 0:0 not responding
> mlx0: physical drive 0:4 not responding
> mlx0: physical drive 1:1 not responding
> mlx0: physical drive 1:3 not responding
> mlx0: physical drive 1:5 not responding
> mlx0: logical drive installation aborted
> mlx0: initialization complete
> mlx0: DAC960P/PD, 3 channels, firmware 2.70-0-00, 4MB RAM
> 
> but...
> there is no inode for it in /dev, so I can't control it using mlxctl:
> # mlxctl status
> mlxctl: /dev/mlx0: No such file or directory
> there is nothing in MAKEDEV* and also no entry in majors.sparc64, so  
> this is no wonder at all.
> 
> Is this missing on purpose or is it just that these controllers are  
> not supported or supposed to be used with netbsd sparc64?
> Anyway, I just found that drive reconfig is not supported by mlxctl  
> anyhow, so the controller will be of limited use...

I expected them to turn up in PCs and alphas but not sparc boxes! It should
be as simple as adding it to majors.sparc64 and then the MAKEDEV template
under etc/etc.sparc64. I don't know if mlxctl has been run on a big-endian
system before.

Andrew