From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 9 16:51:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21D0016A4CE for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:51:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from spider.deepcore.dk (cpe.atm2-0-53484.0x50a6c9a6.abnxx9.customer.tele.dk [80.166.201.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532AF43D1F for ; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:51:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Received: from [194.192.25.143] (laptop.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.143]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j39GpopY000868; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:51:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos@DeepCore.dk) Message-ID: <425807C5.1070205@DeepCore.dk> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:50:13 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?U8O4cmVuIFNjaG1pZHQ=?= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050116) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam Gregoire References: <4256A533.7090202@DeepCore.dk> <1113038473.33712.8.camel@S010600deadc0de00.su.shawcable.net> In-Reply-To: <1113038473.33712.8.camel@S010600deadc0de00.su.shawcable.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.12 cc: 'FreeBSD Current' Subject: Re: HEADSUP! SATA PHY code added for nVidia, SiS and VIA chips X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:51:54 -0000 Adam Gregoire wrote: > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 17:37 +0200, S=C3=B8ren Schmidt wrote: >=20 >>As the subject says I've added support for for the SATA PHY (the serial= =20 >>link interface HW) to -current. This is needed to sort out problems wit= h=20 >>the connection and on those chipsets that support its, handle hotplug. >> >>At any rate, since I dont have any of these chipsets in the lab the cod= e=20 >>was done blindfolded from docs, so it needs testing and quite possibly = >>bugfixing as well. >> >>Please report of any success/failures, and in both cases the output fro= m=20 >>dmesg would be handy, as well as knowing if software inititated=20 >>detach/attach via atacontrol works, and on the nVidia if even hotplug i= s=20 >>possible... >> >>Thanks! >> >=20 > My boot takes about twice as long as it did, having some > probe/connection issues. Yeah, I know, thats a temporary nuisance of the PHY connect code as it=20 is now. This is going to be reduced significantly soon, but I wanted to=20 be on the safe side with this for starters... --=20 -S=C3=B8ren