Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:36:52 -0700 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-scsi <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: frequent timeouts with mvs(4) SATA controller, GELI, and ZFS Message-ID: <CAOtMX2hvUSwBULOpLgkb3RFczmEiEHhXXma3a8Zmb8u2cPtEog@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5c934984-4fc6-5b69-082b-134f6988113c@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAOtMX2jYzMatN5WSZjBL5hi%2B_EMpa4bv9QsVxeHthMkaSR9FNw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2ghs_KwQDJQ4hyqb0mebZw_hvRVBS_48DYm=DvekVP=rw@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2g7pjAVhRFcxOVN%2BucMVvMzH%2B5ZnVDo17eTPNAaPC86tA@mail.gmail.com> <106f66f2-90a8-884d-40d1-b202163c9eb4@FreeBSD.org> <CAOtMX2jQisAf1ZnuP3FrOWv2ONUhr3Db0Wq%2B7J%2ByZZeaGUystg@mail.gmail.com> <5c934984-4fc6-5b69-082b-134f6988113c@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 11.12.2016 22:09, Alan Somers wrote: >> What's your recommendation? Is there anyway to make this hardware >> work, or do I need to buy a new SATA card? That would be a >> disappointment. The 88SX7042 got generally positive reviews. > > I don't know what is the problem in your case. Last time I tried mine > 88SX7042 it was working fine, though I never used it in production to be > completely sure, only for lab testing. Make sure it is not a > cable/power problems. Try to move card to different slot (earlier chips > from that line had some odd problems with some slots). Try to limit > link speed to 1.5Gbps (for many HDDs it still should not be important). > > -- > Alexander Motin Alas, no luck at 1.5Gbps. And I don't see how the power or data cables could be responsible, because the card was working just fine with a different OS. But thanks for all your efforts anyway. -Alan
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