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$FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mfi.4 171821 2007-08-13 19:29:17Z jhb $
.Dd April 3, 2006 .Dt MFI 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mfi .Nd "LSI MegaRAID SAS driver" .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: d -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device pci" .Cd "device mfi" .Ed
p Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in .Xr loader.conf 5 : d -literal -offset indent mfi_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION This driver is for LSI's next generation PCI Express SAS RAID controllers. Access to RAID arrays (logical disks) from this driver is provided via
a /dev/mfid? device nodes. A simple management interface is also provided on a per-controller basis via the
p The .Nm name is derived from the phrase "MegaRAID Firmware Interface", which is substantially different than the old "MegaRAID" interface and thus requires a new driver. Older SCSI and SATA MegaRAID cards are supported by .Xr amr 4 and will not work with this driver.
p Two sysctls are provided to tune the .Nm driver's behavior when a request is made to remove a mounted volume. By default the driver will disallow any requests to remove a mounted volume. If the sysctl .Va dev.mfi.%d.delete_busy_volumes is set to 1, then the driver will allow mounted volumes to be removed. .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm driver supports the following hardware:
p l -bullet -compact t LSI MegaRAID SAS 8408E t LSI MegaRAID SAS 8480E t Dell PERC5/i .El .Sh FILES l -tag -width ".Pa /dev/mfid?" -compact t Pa /dev/mfid? array/logical disk interface t Pa /dev/mfi? management interface .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS l -diag t "mfid%d: Unable to delete busy device" An attempt was made to remove a mounted volume. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr amr 4 , .Xr pci 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver first appeared in .Fx 6.1 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm driver and this manual page were written by .An Scott Long Aq scottl@FreeBSD.org . .Sh BUGS The driver does not support big-endian architectures at this time.