From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 7 09:04:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC83A16A4DA for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:04:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.org) 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 3D9F643D46 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:04:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.org) Received: from [194.192.25.130] (sos.deepcore.dk [194.192.25.130]) by spider.deepcore.dk (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6794tAj029698; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 11:04:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <44AE23B6.7000607@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:04:54 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060531) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com References: <10fd06c60607051802jd9d6158ufd3406465cc64dfc@mail.gmail.com> <20060706195504.GA1252@freebie.xs4all.nl> <44AD7FF9.8010405@samsco.org> <20060706230808.GA55294@megan.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <20060706230808.GA55294@megan.kiwi-computer.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-mail-scanned: by DeepCore Virus & Spam killer v1.16 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA300 Controllers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:04:56 -0000 Rick C. Petty wrote: > On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 03:26:17PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >>>> Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? I've >>>> been >>>> trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not having any luck. Using a >>>> MSI >>>> K8NGM2-L motherboard and others, but 6.1's installation hangs as soon as >>>> it >>>> sees ad4. I've also tried using an Adaptec 1210SA controller and had zero >>>> >> Promise has a good relationship with FreeBSD, I would expect their >> controllers to work pretty well. >> > > I'm using a few "Promise PDC40718 SATA300 controller" with identical > SATA300 drives and it seems to work well. My only gripe is the channels > are misnumbered: > port #1 maps to channel 3 > port #2 maps to channel 1 > port #3 maps to channel 0 > port #4 maps to channel 2 > > I had to use the serial numbers to make sure I was writing on the correct > drives, so that was annoying. > Actually its the channel numbering printed on the card thats flawed, it doesn't match the physical channel numbers that the chip uses (and hence ATA channel numbers). I have no idea why they did that on some of their controllers, but I suspect historical reasons as they older controllers had the physical connectors in that order (3 1 0 2), but the guy that did the silkscreen layout probably ordered them "nicely" at some point :) -Søren