Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:01:47 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: HaggeL <HaggeL@Olympclan.de> Subject: Re: SiI3112 SATA controller problems - status Message-ID: <3FCA4CAB.2030307@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031130143821.66375W-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031130143821.66375W-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > >>On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 09:43, HaggeL wrote: >> >>>Hi Guys :) >>> >>>Sorry if i waste your time. IŽm a freeBSD noob and need some help. >>>I want to install freeBSD in januar and have some problems. I want to >>>buy me a new harddrive, a serial ATA one, because i got the "Silicon >>>ImageR Sil 3112A-Controller" onboard (Asus A7N8X Motherboard). I >>>didnŽt find a driver in the Hardware Notes of FreeBSD 5.1, and on the >>>Producer homepage are only ready Linuxkernels avaible >>>(http://12.24.47.40/display/2n/searchDirect/?searchString=Sil+3112A&searchType=allwords&searchby=keywords&r=0.8157617). >>>So can anyone tell me if i can get a SATA disk run? I donŽt want to >>>boot from it, just read and write. Buying a new disk only for windows >>>use is wasted money >> >>We're having a pretty lengthy discussion about these controllers on this >>list right now. I suggest you read the archives. Bottom line, the >>controller is supported, but it's problematic. The ATA maintainer has >>working controllers, but there are those of us that experience data >>corruption, and at least one user that can't use his drive at all when >>connected to said controller. > > > I believe a workaround was recently committed to improve behavior on older > cards using that chipset. Specifically the following change to > ata-chipset.c: > > revision 1.48 > date: 2003/11/28 19:01:28; author: sos; state: Exp; lines: +6 -2 > Workaround for errata on early versions of the sii3112. > > Approved by: re@ > > Does this make any difference in your configuration? > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects > robert@fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research > This commit only fixes a silent data corruption issue. I believe that the issue at hand involves DMA not working at all. Scott
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