From owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Sun Dec 11 21:36:54 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B227C7352F for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:36:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x22b.google.com (mail-qt0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0B9C16CC; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:36:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from asomers@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id p16so61014012qta.0; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:36:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=8IQqlE0ZiJ1QOkViqJRMa/rPVZqV14DcPIe3HKYCbjA=; b=jV6xlS+iFjclVjyw+VE8hiLnkF/mh6zx0ce2PhUvtJJfsemL/4AO8MK+IWIfTvZr3a +m13R06WBO2s//8PpR4Nu7xi+qWS3Q02pmwDcOpX4tpPgnu9il8GpMNrY2MU8TMNhWlR bn0L9NoKmoZp3NhlwXLrPuB+oIGGEYlU6EckHQeS7wkZDJ3n0Sj3MScrpRO/kQS/56fU jPylcIEo3FLBSe9y7uxogdPsUm3sBrmUzYaADxXUfCqyOJ2SHDqgtE7GZ+mBUIIx01z8 rQelutY8eukVr2DdQm0e1ICDE4CFzzzBAGPd0ORvWr2VWcu7zG1K0VWkB5mFUGvSDrKf ffKg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8IQqlE0ZiJ1QOkViqJRMa/rPVZqV14DcPIe3HKYCbjA=; b=F5is2Z/B+XkPnUJvmOmnvSGDLihswMRpEnWy59aVQdvu77/+oYmpoH4SGW7yK71UJ2 /xty8OKPOXvE1WXGZmJA7OahCn2FNO+dp8pk+pWiQrfRaS2lRNj2wbqUgWvcNUQjhsXz uckccmjEQcTOG3hWUvEvGKblUo2FmI4GGMjjaBcN24f9ZZqowPsok5hKQP4mLTelCDmK /tPrdvC+YzsdRoyzdOcLntSvgFI5VHcxJ6XA7lot9V98J/eogoCxRpmQG8WfGePZzFb9 PleFpj1phcnD0BD0hJ87Pv/vRyC0cK8UCtiGOE/9wJAKPz4ki4GGc+ANLB0PyAny8uxg X6+g== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC026EGy0gItymGysSyK636d3smpxd5kTxoppRQZVjE8YoZltutCAufZFQ3uhMx09PZKErKGwSwSB5Tb/cA== X-Received: by 10.237.36.17 with SMTP id r17mr77005388qtc.216.1481492212881; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:36:52 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: asomers@gmail.com Received: by 10.12.174.145 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Dec 2016 13:36:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5c934984-4fc6-5b69-082b-134f6988113c@FreeBSD.org> References: <106f66f2-90a8-884d-40d1-b202163c9eb4@FreeBSD.org> <5c934984-4fc6-5b69-082b-134f6988113c@FreeBSD.org> From: Alan Somers Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:36:52 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: urjlLZQoGNRvLcrJ-mzSbSYdjfU Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fwd: frequent timeouts with mvs(4) SATA controller, GELI, and ZFS To: Alexander Motin Cc: FreeBSD-scsi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:36:54 -0000 On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Alexander Motin 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