Subject: Re: 3ware controllers (twe) on Sparc64
To: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/31/2006 15:57:06
On Mar 19, 2006, at 7:59 AM, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to add a PCI->SATA controller to my U5.  At work, we've
> are successfully using 3ware controllers on Linux and FreeBSD.
>
> I see that there is a "twe" driver for this controller series in  
> NetBSD,
> which is listed in the GENERIC file for i386, amd64, and hp700 (- 
> current).
>
> I interpret the fact that hp700 lists it as "it's sufficiently generic
> to run in non-intel systems".
>
> Any experience with these beasts in Sparc64 PCI systems?

It should work.  But you will still need a PC with a BIOS to do the  
RAID set setup.

-- thorpej