On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Ryan Corder  wrote:

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> So, is it the firmware?  the definition in pcidevs?  I'm just baffled

> as to why the card shows up but the drives don't.

>

> I really, really don't want to keep Linux on this machine, so _any_

> help is greatly appreciated.

Ultimately, the solution to my problem was to buy the next "step up"

card in Areca's line, the ARC-1210.  I'm happy to report that it is

working flawlessly.  The flip side is that I've had quite the

expensive experiment going here.  I am now the owner of two 2-port

PCIe RAID cards -- one that is known not to work with OpenBSD and one

that should work but maybe needs some play time from the developers.
I would like to sell one and donate the other.  Which one should I

donate to the OpenBSD devs and where should I sent it?
1.  3ware 9650SE-2LP (PCIe x8 2-port SATA) RAID card, or

2.  Areca ARC-1200 rev. B (PCIe x1 2-port SATA) RAID card.
both are fanless, but the Areca is almost half the size of the 3ware.

If that makes any difference whatsoever...
later.

ryanc
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Ryan Corder

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