From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 12 12:25:54 2009 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 6C4FA106566C for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:25:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cmail.optima.ua (cmail.optima.ua [195.248.191.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E390C8FC17 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:25:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mav@FreeBSD.org) X-Spam-Flag: SKIP X-Spam-Yversion: Spamooborona-2.1.0 Received: from orphanage.alkar.net (account mav@alkar.net [212.86.226.11] verified) by cmail.optima.ua (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.9) with ESMTPA id 237265728; Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:25:52 +0200 Message-ID: <49B8FF4F.5020600@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:25:51 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080612) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nick Hilliard References: <1236812807.00085599.1236802801@10.7.7.3> <49B8CD26.70903@mavhome.dp.ua> <49B8F189.8070604@netability.ie> In-Reply-To: <49B8F189.8070604@netability.ie> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiI3531 SATA port multipler 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: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:25:54 -0000 Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 12/03/2009 08:51, Alexander Motin wrote: >> Have you tried to enable verbose boot messages? It may give some >> additional info. > > Yep, tried it, but the dmesg buffer filled up with stuff like this: > >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=0ms status=00050000 >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=0ms status=00010000 >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=0ms status=00010000 >> ata2: p0: connect status=00000000 >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=0ms status=00010000 >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=0ms status=00010000 >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=27ms status=00010000 >> ata2: p1: SIGNATURE=00000101 >> ata2: siiprb_issue_cmd time=0ms status=00010000 > > and so on - probably about 50-100k of this sort of thing. So I have no > idea what happened at the start of the card initialisation process. It can be increased with kernel option. MSGBUF_SIZE AFAIR. >> Can you try to use AHCI controller present in your system instead of >> SiI? It may allow to differentiate SiI controller related problems from >> PM related ones. > > I don't have a sata->esata cable handy. However, I replaced the SiI3531 > with a JMB366 card, and have attached the results of a verbose boot. It is probably not a bad alternative. JMB366 have two AHCI compatible ports. >> I am expecting to receive some PM hardware in a week or so, so I will be >> able to test it's support, at least with AHCI. > > Oh cool. Would you like remote access to my box, btw? I might also be > able to dig out an rs232 card somewhere for debugging. It would be good to play with, until I have no better way.. -- Alexander Motin