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+ Rewrite SYNOPSIS for consistency
+ Rewrite HARDWARE for HW Relnotes, and add some stragglers
+ Correct mdoc grammar, making sysctls aproposable and linking xrefs
+ Clean up TODO, cannonicalize to CAVEATS, a standard section
+ Editorial pass, tag SPDX

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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2014 LSI Corp
.\" All rights reserved.
.\" Author: Kashyap Desai
@ -32,43 +35,42 @@
.\" are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing
.\" official policies, either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project.
.\"
.Dd February 4, 2021
.Dd August 22, 2025
.Dt MRSAS 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mrsas
.Nd "LSI MegaRAID 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS+SATA RAID controller driver"
.Nd Broadcom/LSI MegaRAID 6/12Gb/s SAS+SATA RAID controller driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device pci"
.Cd "device mrsas"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
In
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
mrsas_load="YES"
.Ed
.Cd mrsas_load="YES"
.Pp
In
.Xr sysctl.conf 5 :
.Cd dev.mrsas.X.disable_ocr
.Cd dev.mrsas.X.fw_outstanding
.Cd dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_fw_fault_check_delay
.Cd dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_io_timeout
.Cd hw.mrsas.X.debug_level
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver will detect LSI's next generation (6Gb/s and 12Gb/s) PCI Express
SAS/SATA RAID controllers.
See the
.Nm HARDWARE
section for the supported devices list.
A disk (virtual disk/physical disk) attached to the
driver will detect Broadcom/LSI's 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s
PCI Express SAS/SATA/NVMe RAID controllers.
A disk
.Pq virtual disk/physical disk
attached to the
.Nm
driver will be visible to the user through
.Xr camcontrol 8
as
.Pa /dev/da?
device nodes.
A simple management interface is also provided on a per-controller basis via the
A simple management interface is also provided per-controller via the
.Pa /dev/mrsas?
device node.
.Pp
@ -77,8 +79,7 @@ The
name is derived from the phrase "MegaRAID SAS HBA", which is
substantially different than the old "MegaRAID" Driver
.Xr mfi 4
which does not connect targets
to the
which does not connect targets to the
.Xr cam 4
layer and thus requires a new driver which attaches targets to the
.Xr cam 4
@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ but both the
.Xr mfi 4
and
.Nm
drivers can detect and manage the LSI MegaRAID SAS 2208/2308/3008/3108 series of
controllers.
drivers can detect and manage the
Broadcom/LSI MegaRAID SAS 2208/2308/3008/3108 series of controllers.
.Pp
The
.Xr device.hints 5
@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ By default, the
.Xr mfi 4
driver will detect these controllers.
See the
.Nm PRIORITY
.Sx PRIORITY
section to know more about driver priority for MR-Fusion devices.
.Pp
.Nm
@ -124,46 +125,32 @@ rather then JBOD virtual mode.
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the following hardware:
driver supports the following LSI/Broadcom SATA/SAS RAID controllers:
.Pp
[ Thunderbolt 6Gb/s MR controller ]
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9265
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9285
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9286
.It
DELL PERC H810
.It
DELL PERC H710/P
.El
.Pp
[ Invader/Fury 12Gb/s MR controller ]
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9380
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9361
.It
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9341
.It
DELL PERC H830
.It
DELL PERC H730/P
.It
DELL PERC H330
.Bl -column -compact "LSI MegaRAID SAS 9380" "Invader/Fury" "12Gb/s"
.It Controller Ta Chip Ta Speed
.It Broadcom SAS3916 Ta Aero Ta 12Gb/s
.It Broadcom SAS3908 Ta Aero Ta 12Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9380 Ta Invader/Fury Ta 12Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9361 Ta Invader/Fury Ta 12Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9341 Ta Invader/Fury Ta 12Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9286 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9285 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9272 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9267 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI MegaRAID SAS 9265 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI SAS 3108 Ta Ta 12Gb/s
.It LSI SAS 3008 Ta Ta 12Gb/s
.It LSI SAS 2308 Ta Ta 6Gb/s
.It LSI SAS 2208 Ta Ta 6Gb/s
.It DELL PERC H830 Ta Invader/Fury Ta 12Gb/s
.It DELL PERC H810 Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It DELL PERC H730/P Ta Invader/Fury Ta 12Gb/s
.It DELL PERC H710/P Ta Thunderbolt Ta 6Gb/s
.It DELL PERC H330 Ta Invader/Fury Ta 12Gb/s
.El
.Sh CONFIGURATION
To disable Online Controller Reset(OCR) for a specific
@ -171,9 +158,8 @@ To disable Online Controller Reset(OCR) for a specific
driver instance, set the
following tunable value in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dev.mrsas.X.disable_ocr=1
.Ed
.Pp
.Dl Va dev.mrsas.X.disable_ocr=1
.Pp
where X is the adapter number.
.Pp
@ -181,9 +167,8 @@ To change the I/O timeout value for a specific
.Nm
driver instance, set the following tunable value in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_io_timeout=NNNNNN
.Ed
.Pp
.Dl Va dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_io_timeout=NNNNNN
.Pp
where NNNNNN is the timeout value in milli-seconds.
.Pp
@ -191,9 +176,8 @@ To change the firmware fault check timer value for a specific
.Nm
driver instance, set the following tunable value in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_fw_fault_check_delay=NN
.Ed
.Pp
.Dl Va dev.mrsas.X.mrsas_fw_fault_check_delay=NN
.Pp
where NN is the fault check delay value in seconds.
.Pp
@ -248,7 +232,8 @@ or
subsystem for selection of MR-Fusion cards.
With the above design in place, the
.Xr mfi 4
driver will attach to a MR-Fusion card given that it has a higher priority than
driver will attach to a MR-Fusion card
given that it has a higher priority than
.Nm .
.Pp
Using
@ -267,45 +252,48 @@ At boot time, the
.Xr mfi 4
driver will get priority to detect MR-Fusion controllers by default.
Before
changing this default driver selection policy, LSI advises users to understand
how the driver selection policy works.
changing this default driver selection policy,
LSI advises users to understand how the driver selection policy works.
LSI's policy is to provide priority to
the
.Xr mfi 4
driver to detect MR-Fusion cards, but allow for the ability to choose the
driver to detect MR-Fusion cards,
but allow for the ability to choose the
.Nm
driver to detect MR-Fusion cards.
.Pp
LSI recommends setting hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="0" for customers who are using the
older
LSI recommends setting
.Va hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="0"
for customers who are using the older
.Xr mfi 4
driver and do not want to switch to
.Nm .
For those customers who are using a MR-Fusion controller for the first time, LSI
recommends using the
For those using a MR-Fusion controller for the first time,
LSI recommends using the
.Nm
driver and setting hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="1".
driver and setting
.Va hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="1".
.Pp
Changing the default behavior is well tested under most conditions, but
unexpected behavior may pop up if more complex and unrealistic operations are
executed by switching between the
Changing the default behavior is well tested under most conditions,
but unexpected behavior may pop up
if more complex and unrealistic operations are executed
by switching between the
.Xr mfi 4
and
.Nm
drivers for MR-Fusion.
Switching drivers is designed to happen only one time.
Although multiple
switching is possible, it is not recommended.
Although multiple switching is possible, it is not recommended.
The user should decide from
.Nm Start of Day
.Sy boot
which driver they want to use for the MR-Fusion card.
.Pp
The user may see different device names when switching from
.Xr mfi 4
to
.Nm .
This behavior is
.Nm Functions As Designed
This behavior
.Sy works as intended
and the user needs to change the
.Xr fstab 5
entry manually if they are doing any experiments with
@ -314,7 +302,7 @@ and
.Nm
interoperability.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/mrsas?" -compact
.Bl -tag -width "/dev/mrsas?" -compact
.It Pa /dev/da?
array/logical disk interface
.It Pa /dev/mrsas?
@ -337,7 +325,8 @@ driver first appeared in
is the old
.Fx
driver which started with support for Gen-1 Controllers and
was extended to support up to MR-Fusion (Device ID = 0x005B, 0x005D, 0x005F).
was extended to support up to MR-Fusion
.Pq Device ID = 0x005B, 0x005D, 0x005F .
.Ed
.Bd -ragged
.Cd "mrsas Driver:"
@ -348,12 +337,12 @@ The SAS+SATA RAID controller with device id 0x005b is referred to as
the Thunderbolt controller throughout this man page.
.Ed
.Bd -ragged
.Nm cam aware HBA drivers:
.Sy cam aware HBA drivers:
.Fx
has a
.Xr cam 4
layer which attaches storage devices and provides a common access mechanism to
storage controllers and attached devices.
layer which attaches storage devices and provides a
common access mechanism to storage controllers and attached devices.
The
.Nm
driver is
@ -368,13 +357,13 @@ driver does not understand the
.Xr cam 4
layer and it directly associates storage disks to the block layer.
.Pp
.Nm Thunderbolt Controller:
.Sy Thunderbolt Controller:
This is the 6Gb/s MegaRAID HBA card which has device id 0x005B.
.Pp
.Nm Invader Controller:
.Sy Invader Controller:
This is 12Gb/s MegaRAID HBA card which has device id 0x005D.
.Pp
.Nm Fury Controller:
.Sy Fury Controller:
This is the 12Gb/s MegaRAID HBA card which has device id 0x005F.
.Ed
.Sh AUTHORS
@ -382,12 +371,7 @@ The
.Nm
driver and this manual page were written by
.An Kashyap Desai Aq Mt Kashyap.Desai@lsi.com .
.Sh TODO
The driver does not support alias for device name (it is required when the user
switches between two drivers and does not want to edit
.Pa /etc/fstab
manually).
.Pp
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Nm
driver exposes devices as
@ -398,8 +382,7 @@ exposes devices as
.Pa /dev/mfid? .
.Pp
.Nm
does not support the Linux Emulator interface.
.Pp
.Nm
will not work with
.Xr mfiutil 8 .
does not support the Linux Emulator Interface,
.Xr mfiutil 8 ,
or device name aliases for switching drivers without editing
.Xr fstab 5 .