Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pci

["T K Spindler (moof)" <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 01:42:28AM -0700, John Nemeth wrote:
> } Log Message:
> } Add Areca ARC-1224
> 
>      I noticed that you mentioned newer Areca devices on icb.  Is
> there a particular device that you're interested in.  I have an
> updated version of arcmsr(4) that I've been meaning to clean up
> and commit.  It has been tested with at least one device newer than
> what the in-tree code has.  It was mostly done with code that Areca
> provided with some cleanup by myself (especially the error paths).

I was interested in perhaps importing or integrating at least some of
the Areca-provided driver sources - but actual work on that on my part
has been limited to eyeballing the diffs and wondering whether there
were a cleaner way to integrate the five different variants that it
supports (and the accompanying 2x size increase in both the header and
.c files). It sounds like you're way, way further along than I am - if
you were willing and able to commit, I'd heartily encourage you to do
so.

(I do *not* have any of the newer devices in question, FWIW. I'd
also note that the FreeBSD driver for the non-SAS cards looks radically
different from arcmsr and also requires linking in a binary blob, alas.)