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Note: FreeNAS 9.10 (previously known as 9.3.10) has been released as a stable version.
Just to spread the message a bit more, I decided to start this thread.
tl;dr - XHCI is supported on 9.10.
Pictures here.
Disclaimers:
I haven't tested it thoroughly, but the installation went without a hitch. XHCI bugs are, naturally, possible - if you find any, please report them. Haswell system owners, please be sure to tell everyone if you begin suffering mysterious crashes or are unable to boot - the XHCI driver was disabled by default due to an incompatibility with the Lynx Point PCH.
And obviously, 9.10 is not yet a stable release. So don't just blindly trust it.
Now, some details:
If possible, avoid the workaround specified below:
And finally, a workaround for installing FreeNAS 9.3.1 with relative ease on Skylake systems:
Just to spread the message a bit more, I decided to start this thread.
tl;dr - XHCI is supported on 9.10.
Pictures here.
Disclaimers:
I haven't tested it thoroughly, but the installation went without a hitch. XHCI bugs are, naturally, possible - if you find any, please report them. Haswell system owners, please be sure to tell everyone if you begin suffering mysterious crashes or are unable to boot - the XHCI driver was disabled by default due to an incompatibility with the Lynx Point PCH.
And obviously, 9.10 is not yet a stable release. So don't just blindly trust it.
Now, some details:
- Yes, the installer loads the XHCI driver! Installing from a USB 2.0 device to a USB 3.0 device went without a hitch on my X11SSM-F.
- I did not test the IPMI virtual devices, but they should be working.
If possible, avoid the workaround specified below:
- Download the 9.10 nightly.
- Install 9.10 to a SATA device (or other, non-USB device).
- Switch trains to 9.3.1 and run the updater
- You should now have a 9.3.1 install on your SATA device. It should work normally except for the lack of USB support.
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