leenux_tux
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Hello all,
Over the last couple of months I started to purchase components for a new SOHO server which will eventually replace two seperate Freenas systems I have. This meant a requirement for a minimum of 8 available SATA connections in the new system. I purchased a Supermicro X9SCL+-F Motherboard, with 32GB of RAM (which I am really happy with), however, I made the mistake of purchasing a SAS controller card where the chip set is not supported under FreeBSD/FreeNAS..oooppss. Due to work committments I did have chance to try out the card for well over a month so it's now too late to return the card and, to be honest, as the card is what I would class as (rightly or wrongly) "good value for money" considering it's a Supermicro (AOC-SAS2LP-MV8) I would like to attempt building a custom Kernel using the source code supplied either from the CD, or on line from (for example) the Linux Kernel Database.
I am a complete N00B as far as adding custom modules or creating custom kernels so it would also be a good way of learning how the FreeBSD kernel works so I don't mind tinkering and luckily I am in the position to be able to run test builds on the target hardware so I can "play" around as much as I want to.
So my question is this, has anyone succesfully built themselves a custom FreeNAS Kernel ? Does anyone know of any good guides which detail the process ? Or, is it something that should be avoided at all costs !!?
Thanks in advance
Over the last couple of months I started to purchase components for a new SOHO server which will eventually replace two seperate Freenas systems I have. This meant a requirement for a minimum of 8 available SATA connections in the new system. I purchased a Supermicro X9SCL+-F Motherboard, with 32GB of RAM (which I am really happy with), however, I made the mistake of purchasing a SAS controller card where the chip set is not supported under FreeBSD/FreeNAS..oooppss. Due to work committments I did have chance to try out the card for well over a month so it's now too late to return the card and, to be honest, as the card is what I would class as (rightly or wrongly) "good value for money" considering it's a Supermicro (AOC-SAS2LP-MV8) I would like to attempt building a custom Kernel using the source code supplied either from the CD, or on line from (for example) the Linux Kernel Database.
I am a complete N00B as far as adding custom modules or creating custom kernels so it would also be a good way of learning how the FreeBSD kernel works so I don't mind tinkering and luckily I am in the position to be able to run test builds on the target hardware so I can "play" around as much as I want to.
So my question is this, has anyone succesfully built themselves a custom FreeNAS Kernel ? Does anyone know of any good guides which detail the process ? Or, is it something that should be avoided at all costs !!?
Thanks in advance