From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 12:48:18 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 C038E16A420 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:48:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509D913C491 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l7KCmGmc092403; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [10.1.1.14]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l7KCmAtZ053652 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l7KCmAYS097447; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id l7KCm9bx097446; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:48:09 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Mark Powell Message-ID: <20070820124808.GM72415@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20070818163810.I75076@rust.salford.ac.uk> <20070820112023.93648.qmail@rust.salford.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070820112023.93648.qmail@rust.salford.ac.uk> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.4-STABLE alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PATA-SATA convertor drive inaccessibility (was 7.0-CURRENT MCP55 PATA to SATA convertor problems on Asus M2N32 WS Pro) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:48:18 -0000 On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 11:20:23AM -0000, Mark Powell wrote: > Replying to my own posts :( > > Surely this problem with PATA-SATA convertors not working is a minor oversight > somewhere, if they are working fine in 6.2? > Isn't this going to affect everyone with such convertors? > Without wanting to cause offence, isn't that going to be a bit of an embarassing > show stopper for 7.0-RELEASE? Don't know about your problem, but I use such converters without problems. atapci1: port 0xeff0-0xeff7,0xefe4-0xefe7,0xefa8-0xefaf,0xefe0-0xefe3,0xef60-0xef6f mem 0xffafcc00-0xffafcfff irq 7 at device 15.0 on pci0 atapci1: [ITHREAD] ata2: on atapci1 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: on atapci1 ata3: [ITHREAD] ata4: on atapci1 ata4: [ITHREAD] ata5: on atapci1 ata5: [ITHREAD] [...] ad4: 98166MB at ata2-master UDMA100 ad6: 98166MB at ata3-master UDMA100 OS is -current from 12th 07 this year. About your problem: there are SATA controllers out there that put two SATA header onto the same channel. In this case the PATA bridging can't work in that case, because they have to be alone on each channel. You might want to try a single drive first and test all SATA ports. You have to know that those converters are not making PATA drives into PATA, they bridge PATA over SATA, therefor FreeBSD knows and can even control the PATA transfer-mode. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.de