Mike Smith is not currently working on FreeBSD, and is not generally available to answer questions regarding these drivers. This page is here for historical reference, but is not actively maintained at this time. Please direct questions regarding FreeBSD RAID controller support to the FreeBSD mailing lists.
Support is provided for the following Mylex adapters:
Development journal
Notes for Alpha systems
CVS repository
'mlx' BSD Driver Database entry
'mly' BSD Driver Database entry
Support is provided for the following LSI Logic (previously AMI) and OEM adapters:
The MegaRAID 100 ATA controller (not to be confused with the MegaRAID Express 100) appears to be a software-based design, most likely using a Highpoint chipset. The MegaRAID 4i is a 4-channel i960-based ATA RAID controller which may be software-compatible with other LSI/AMI controllers; commentary from anyone that has one would be appreciated.
Development journal
Notes for Alpha systems
CVS repository
BSD Driver Database entry
*** NEW ***
See the development journal for news on the 6.9 and 7.4 firmware releases.
Support is provided for the following adapters:
3ware's 3DM web-based management tool is also available for FreeBSD:
3dm-1.10.0.011
3dm-1.09.0.002
Development journal
Notes for Alpha systems
CVS repository
BSD Driver Database entry
Support for the DPT SmartRAID V and VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID family of controllers is provided courtesy of Adaptec.
Supported in: FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE and later
Update kit for 4.0/4.1 systems is available
here.
Notes for Alpha systems
CVS repository
BSD Driver Database entry
Drivers for DPT III and IV controllers are maintained by
Simon Shapiro
CVS repository
Support is provided for the following adapters:
NOTE: the 'aac' driver is maintained by Scott Long
Notes for Alpha systems
BSD Driver Database entry
Support is provided for the following Smart Array 5 series adapters:
Supported in: FreeBSD-4.5-RELEASE and later. The driver is now maintained by Paul Saab.
Drivers for Smart Array 2, 3 and 4 series Compaq controllers are maintained by Matthew Dodd and Jonathan Lemon
All ICP Vortex controllers (including FC) are fully supported by the FreeBSD iir driver.
The FreeBSD iir driver also works with the following Intel RAID controllers:
Note: Intel Integrated RAID controllers based on the older I2O architecture will not work with the iir driver. These older controllers include:
The iir driver is currently without a maintainer. ICP Vortex was sold to Adaptec in 2002, and the driver developers are no longer working on it.
For more information, see this Intel support page.
IBM ServeRAID controllers are not supported at this time.