From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 10:41:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D09216A418 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:41:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE3C213C480 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 10:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so267263ana for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:40:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SAgMUP4kRPopKrvUXmKNCZJw2uPmkqcGXHIpz9HU3KE=; b=re0Em8v6i21evF4acOoEC7VP697L1pIc1madRv/qtjNO3XAOKKoCHth51kJy3NKDt5h/sPboEHMdN6YBbNt0d7P/UY0oBxN+/9ZRERoXbxdmM1UGw3sjwZC3U7k1svO1sbT8qGnSwmY2Oc0JneBCzNJJJ+eIRJp/EvLGxfQEnrw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ku1cfQv91KU461Rs1HCxOQ/eAPIzdkXKUzjVYSu8/zuDfFFHxnrqFvaMI9sUR/40xT61B+nCcoCkYM49YlF3q30rNg5On20SimslgHcZFpCLzY1GKQSkRmR1Mtb+Xv3OrhQPx1rpe7gfqFrrKxeuhQriRErRPNrCkL/q7k+AXaI= Received: by 10.100.254.18 with SMTP id b18mr6656663ani.1194345656358; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p33sm10837733elf.2007.11.06.02.40.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:40:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <473044B6.605@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:40:54 -0500 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071101) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <472FD0FB.9090608@delphij.net> <472FD23E.1060001@delphij.net> <47301CF6.8030808@delphij.net> <47301E91.7070303@gmail.com> <47301F40.8070605@delphij.net> <47302667.8030900@gmail.com> <20071106091409.GB83703@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <473035D4.3030200@gmail.com> <20071106095720.GA84549@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <47303F22.7080809@gmail.com> <20071106103507.GB85085@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <20071106103507.GB85085@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, d@delphij.net, Justin Hibbits Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Wiki for discussing P35/IHC9(R)/SATA issues set up X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:41:09 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > What this means is, how you have things presently proves that the > device has SATA300 capability. "Serial ATA II" == SATA300. > > If dmesg on the machine shows "SATA150" for the device still, despite > what atacontrol shows, then there may be a driver bug. > from dmesg: ad6: 476940MB at ata3-master SATA150 > Either way, this is a good improvement. > > snip > > These two things are somewhat conflicting. > > 1) If the problem is fixed by Xi Lin's patch, then that seems to > indicate it should be affecting everyone using the ICH9 controller, > including those who use Asus, Abit, or MSI boards. > It is only partially fixed. > 2) Boot manager as in the BIOS boot device menu, or as in FreeBSD BTX? > If BIOS boot device menu, then that doesn't mean anything. The > BIOS could indeed be doing something wrong which FreeBSD expects > to be right. Problems like this should ideally be brought to the > attention of the mainboard manufacturer. > BTX -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business, friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com