How Do Hardware Drivers' Installations Operate within FreeNAS (i.e. MB, PCIE card, etc.)

[Hubris Won't Be Tolerated]

I just recently set up FreeNAS on my C2750d4i and I'm unsure if I need to install drivers for C2750 and Vantec UGT-PCE430 (USB3 quad chip) PCIe card.

 

[cyberjock]

Well:

FreeNAS' kernel may or may not be compatible with it's FreeBSD alternative. So you may have to get the source code for the hardware and compile it in with FreeNAS. This means you must:

1. Create a build environment to compile FreeNAS yourself, with the appropriate driver added.
2. Have access to the source code.

For many people, both of those are virtually impossible to accomplish.

I take the stance that if the drivers aren't part of FreeNAS already, you probably shouldn't be trying to use them.