MP 1,1-5,1 Help with a driver/kext for 2012 mac pro and a hp p420i raid

[punk4evr]

Hello, i just need a little help. I have a HP Smart p420i raid controller card. It shows up in the pci list, as with no driver loaded. From what i can find to read so far, is that it will probably work just fine if only the kext file is loaded that would recognize the raid card. I will be extremely happy if i can get this working because then i can actually have a 6/gb s ide controller, and it has a 1gb write back memory cache also. So this could be huge performance wise. Thank You.

 

[punk4evr]

Hello... just want to make sure i'm clear. I have and older HP Smart Array card 420i sas 2 port. with sata 4 ends. Mac loads up ok. but shows no driver loaded for the card in slot 2. Shows the card, but no drivers loaded. I honestly think/feel That there is simply a built in driver that would make this work, but i'm too new to mack to have the faintest clue what it is. I have read enough to know that driver files are .kext's and can view the ones that are included with mac... But i have not yet figured out how I can easily make ones load when My Mac Starts! If someone could even post the command to load the .kext's I would be eternally greatful . My gut is telling me its either a drive emulator file, or like the applescsi driver or the atapidiskdrivers, or a applesas driver, or something similar. Someone must know enough to at least post the command that i can copy and past, with the different .kext names. Thank You.

 

[robbieduncan]

I have 2 of these cards in my DL380. They run great under Linux. I am not aware of anyone who has got them working in OSX...

 

[punk4evr]

I have 2 of these cards in my DL380. They run great under Linux. I am not aware of anyone who has got them working in OSX...

Thanks. It works flawlessly in windows 10 also. Just disable the legacy stuff, let windows boot eufi, and windows 10 recognised the card and drive attached when set to achi single, just fine. So i then swapped the card into my old mac pro. It see's it.. Now is just finding the right file that willl notice it. Like i said. My gut tell's me that i'm just shy one driver. Happen to know the commands to load kext files, i can understand from a dos or windows perspective? I know dos better than windows even . Thanks.

 

[robbieduncan]

It’s not as simply as a command. If there is no driver you need to write one. How are you with C?
A good approach would be to do some research and find out what chip is on the board. LSI? Etc. Then see if there are generic drivers for that chip

 

[punk4evr]

It’s not as simply as a command. If there is no driver you need to write one. How are you with C?
A good approach would be to do some research and find out what chip is on the board. LSI? Etc. Then see if there are generic drivers for that chip

well, for a first step. i wanted to try the built in "drivers". since the card is basically meant to be /passive it can usually run on almost anything. thats why i'm saying, just loading the right build in raid driver will do the trick. like i said it see's it, and knows that it is, but mac does not to do much installing on its own. Only thing i have found it likes to run automatically is update. and basically screw all else. I'm not a big fan here. They have made it rediculously difficult to do anything on your own. Lord forbid we want to chance something without our "Overlords" permission!

 

[robbieduncan]

I’m pretty sure there are not built-in drivers. It’s a very long time since Apple shipped a RAID card in anything new they only shipped drivers for their cards/the chipsets their cards used. You are mistaking OSX for a general purpose OS designed to run on any hardware. It’s an OS for Apple computers and is only really designed to run on their hardware. You can get it running on other things (I have a Hackintosh too) but expecting generic drivers for a wide range of non-standard hardware is just going to result in disappointment.

 

[punk4evr]

I’m pretty sure there are not built-in drivers. It’s a very long time since Apple shipped a RAID card in anything new they only shipped drivers for their cards/the chipsets their cards used. You are mistaking OSX for a general purpose OS designed to run on any hardware. It’s an OS for Apple computers and is only really designed to run on their hardware. You can get it running on other things (I have a Hackintosh too) but expecting generic drivers for a wide range of non-standard hardware is just going to result in disappointment.

Ok, i'm not wanting to be rude here, but in what way is your comment helpful at all? All i really need at this point is the command line for Terminal to load the /kext's in the system/library/extensions/ folder. That would help me. and let me worry about trying to load all the files in there!!! Me wasting my time, if it proves to be so, is my business. Don't worry about what time i waste, or effort i waste. That's on me. Just a command line will work. If you can't help with that, then your not being very helpful then are you???

 

[robbieduncan]

Knock yourself out. The first Google result for “load kext command” seems to have it all covered: https://osxdaily.com/2015/06/24/load-unload-kernel-extensions-mac-os-x/

But if you make statements like “They have made it rediculously difficult to do anything on your own. Lord forbid we want to chance something without our "Overlords" permission!” you are clearly looking for a response…

 

[punk4evr]

Well, Tell me they don't? Tell me, How can I go back to Mojave when I have no Time Machine backup to use? Why can't anyone just download a USB Clean Installer for the MACOS>? How to go back to a older OS??> Try to make a loader for a new version. Its ridiculously difficult. And it does not need to be. But no, you have to do it their way. Not your own way. and its rubbish. And i will never change my mind on that. Same with loading files. No gui to load files? Its so annoying. One literally has to use Terminal and text lines to preform many things. How is that easy and unnecessarily hard? Want to pick your own boot drive? No, you can only use their "Approved" boot drives. Its insanity! Stupid insanity! Why? Why does apple have to be the ones who decides what I can boot from or not? See.. how are those a "Good": thing. Ha? And yes, i had seen that page.. but was not working for me. I don't recall why. I think it wanted some Developer kit installed in order to work.. OH OH OH OH .. right, I tried that but it keeps telling me they are READ ONLY and the operations don't work.... Have an answer for that... I can search it later.. But again... PAIN IN THE ASS. Nothing with mac can be easy. They make it hard, much harder than it needs to be. Thanks.

 

[punk4evr]

I just wanted to update everyone on my progress. I did go through the bunch of kext's that i thought might do the trick.... and natta. No go. OH, and i Found KEX T WIZZARD. That made it really easy to add all the ones i thought might work. and do it. Oh... .and I believe another problem may have been, I had no Password when i first tried. And it was not working. So i added a admin password, and also had installed the 8.0 Java open Developers Kit... and POOF! Loading Kext's was working again! So..... in light of the fact i didn't get it working and that the default files did not do the trick. This is pretty much closed unless someone finds mac drivers for the raid card. Thank you all for imput! Really! Big hugs!