From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 08:15:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72B116A41F for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:15:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from outbound0.sv.meer.net (outbound0.sv.meer.net [205.217.152.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB70643D45 for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:15:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) by outbound0.sv.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k0C8Da1w016888; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:15:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/meer) with ESMTP id k0C8C5ti014208; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:12:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: (from jrhett@localhost) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) id k0C8C5iv014206; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:12:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:12:05 -0800 From: Jo Rhett To: Cesar Message-ID: <20060112081205.GJ84964@svcolo.com> References: <004201c612eb$14eda150$46bb1ec9@ironman> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <004201c612eb$14eda150$46bb1ec9@ironman> Organization: svcolo.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiI 3114 SATA150 controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:15:05 -0000 On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 03:00:29PM -0300, Cesar wrote: > FreeBSD works fine with it, i just cant do RAID using the Bios because > FreeBSD does not recognizes it. > Does any one have a fix to FreeBSD recognize SiI 3114 metadata? Well known limitation. Search around, you'll find this. > I dont know if the system have the same performance using this > PseudoRAID. It's exactly the same. It's just that the ata driver doesn't know how to read the RAID format of your BIOS. It still works the same. You do realize that it's up to the driver to actually do the RAID right? Either BIOS or atacontrol RAID is still "pseudoRAID". This isn't hardware RAID, this is cheap software raid implemented in hardware. Search around, this topic has been convered extensively. -- Jo Rhett senior geek SVcolo : Silicon Valley Colocation