From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Jan 22 19:05:55 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34719ED06A1 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:05:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fusionfoto@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x22e.google.com (mail-yw0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E562669515; Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:05:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fusionfoto@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id c78so3603273ywb.13; Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:05:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=zw6b1z8C2Wfq95txdcwXecfiqkaO2Sagt9y//Eixzcw=; b=XKgBtoOTeQUjetB2ATrNRUPkMsEwbYjx/dYnO2rR5WfohLGEA6WIpRX/XhDzLB+g25 oY0gOO0IA32gbUUSa40KduV0JC5rypcWVrKDNUJ/0yPd4ShBYX0YFUbFbi2APEUhx07F prrD4LGFlKEPotuZw6EiN8TYz+bRZZkcBCA9P3QcWp3YTo3Ub6zhwHKyaUG250ZyXtyp ejLHK6n62yJdhUBRpoRqjlI2T3NvN4bZCfKWH/MUaWWYmgyv9jyQP1Q3/aJ6wo7mBFTy nZbOTlQ7kiEQn/pnGznwnwfjAjDEOoa3geT8fMXRB04Ce38lWS954adb8hoKv7jNMkvP xzAA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=zw6b1z8C2Wfq95txdcwXecfiqkaO2Sagt9y//Eixzcw=; b=M6J5fqFSXlIw57YopdJPjlAlc7j6NF2fmCifvwut7A5hpyaWmdUW/2PpVAjkUwCHm+ Ihjc5d0fba1UwWAajpIeZpNMgOhfgm8oWBDAdYKm9VJVGd8hVISP3U6l8/uMOvyXRdjd dJ2m0O3U5CmZW1XotmB5JpHQXDiEPLxHG9Xou497wPSYqa1UoB5SQLucjbOvR6bBxKOG JKw2cIm/GbPiHtCDFPSvKOdMaqlMu7dPr21vUK96DX2QP/hTBWuKPWJjMCRgPL/FF1qd 6OC7WYmqjfFRs/4uCdM/ebtTcx+85G7cudXrD19TobXNxkMJkhp8wx/U6DGyXPz3GrxN oucg== X-Gm-Message-State: AKwxyteXI+10bRwC0tprp04P3o27W1ZsvX57/x5ah5VnCXERAtzgWD36 cgIGsCouwaeO2IYAQLuFxY5loL02uXK9fu13cZ8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x224vxOGgbBd4T6xHAY2jZIRkOskXxXaSnqU5K+LBewfF1XgMtOnV9AOfKutTKZgCgL+4SUx2q+ImM+jstyPndks= X-Received: by 10.129.70.193 with SMTP id t184mr8366114ywa.246.1516647953734; Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:05:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.175.20 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:05:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: FF Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:05:53 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: AHCI and Highpoint Rocket 750 To: Alan Somers Cc: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:05:55 -0000 oh nice! so it "just works" -- is there any way to verify it? Is there any reason to use the highpoint driver when the native FreeBSD one seems to work? thanks!! On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 1:26 PM, Alan Somers wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 11:08 AM, FF wrote: > >> I have a machine with the Highpoint card and motherboard based SATA >> drives. >> The drives from the MB support AHCI and appear as ada0-8. The drives on >> the >> highpoint card whether using native FreeBSD support or the Highpoint >> provided driver show up as da9-39. >> >> It is my understanding that AHCI is needed to support NCQ... I'm wondering >> what I need to do to get AHCI enabled. This seems to happen in both >> FreeBSD >> 9 and FreeBSD 10. >> >> thanks in advance! >> > > AHCI has nothing to do with it. The driver presents itself to the OS as a > SCSI HBA, even though the drives are SATA. In fact, it might actually be > using a SCSI IC, but firmware-restricted to only connect to SATA drives. > In any case, the OS is going to try to use TCQ, and either the driver or > the firmware is going to translate those queued commands into NCQ. You > don't need to change anything. > > -Alan > > -- FF