From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 10:43:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA9F1065672 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:43:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lev@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru [IPv6:2a01:4f8:131:60a2::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD6A8FC13 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lion.home.serebryakov.spb.ru (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:923f:1:699c:2567:b544:4319]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPA id AD34A4AC68; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:14:46 +0400 (MSD) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:14:35 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov Organization: FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <3910736169.20110718121435@serebryakov.spb.ru> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com In-Reply-To: <4e242274.1QWXzsZLtmzggAeS%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <1352622184.20110718002715@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4e242274.1QWXzsZLtmzggAeS%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SiI 3132 goes crazy and marks both disks as "Reserved" after each reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:43:25 -0000 Hello, Perryh. You wrote 18 =E8=FE=EB=FF 2011 =E3., 16:09:24: >> How to reset this state? And where SiI controller store >> information (additional to last sector)? > Dunno what-all else may be needed, but one way to preserve the SiI > metadata would be, instead of gstriping the disks themselves, make > a slice (MBR) or partition (GPT) on each disk -- a little smaller > than the whole disk -- and gstripe those slices or partitions. My task is directly the opposite: I want make SiI 3132 to FORGET about all RAID-related stuff and to don't touch HDDs in any way and behave as simple SATA HBA. --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov