Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 15:09:22 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell XPS 8940 SATA and NVMe disk controller not recognized Message-ID: <aa2dcf71-d1e6-12bc-9e6d-06a2d4b0e2ba@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <a248e1e5-bf25-f5b4-43c5-238e98c8a97a@naur.kad-hg.org> References: <a248e1e5-bf25-f5b4-43c5-238e98c8a97a@naur.kad-hg.org>
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On 4/3/21 12:25 PM, Karl Dunn wrote: > I have new Dell XPS 8940 that came with Windows 10 Home installed. I > have created two partitions for FreeBSD, one on its NMVe 256GB SSD, and > one on its WD 1TB HD. > > For now, I have 12.2-RELEASE-p4 GENERIC on a USB memstick, so I can do > some limited testing. > > FreeBSD 12.2 does not recognize the SATA/RAID controller, which I assume > is resposible (in Win10) for accising both drives. > > The relevant pcoconf line for the controlleris: > > none7@pci0:0:23:0: class=0x010400 card=0x09c51028 chip=0x06d68086 > rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > class = mass storage > subclass = RAID > > Because no net devices work (for FreeBSD), I put a pcie-x1 net card in > the machine to get access, 15 bucks to Ebay, works great. I can't get > the NVIDIA graphics card to work right, but that and the net devices are > issues for sometime later. > > Here is a URL for info I collected from the machine, including from the > hw-probe utility: > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~kldunn/XPS_8940_info.html > > That has a link for the results of hw-probe, the outputs of pciconf -lv > and dmesg, and the content of /var/log/messages and rc.conf. > > The hw-probe report claims that Linux supports the SATA/RAID controller > in 'drivers/ata/ahci.c', but that no version of FreeBSD knows about it > (yet). > > I think FreeBSD might need a patch to sys/dev/ahci/ahci_pci.c, and maybe > some other files too. > > Can somebody help me with disk access? Try adjusting CMOS setup settings: 1. System Configuration -> SATA Operation -- Dell typically sets to 'RAID On'. Try 'AHCI'. 2. Boot -> Secure Boot and related -- Dell typically enables. Try disabling: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000133480/uefi-and-secure-boot-faqs David
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