Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 20:28:53 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia nforce2 sata controller Message-ID: <42581EE5.3050502@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <0e82862eed1dddaca9b75c3e2680f646@foolishgames.com> References: <0e82862eed1dddaca9b75c3e2680f646@foolishgames.com>
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Lucas Holt wrote: > I have a MSI k7n2 delta2 lsr motherboard (msicomputer.com). Odd as it = > sounds, it has a nvidia sata controller. From a post on current in=20 > december, I learned it uses the pata controller and another chip in=20 > front of it. The sata controller is not detected by 5-STABLE and i'd=20 > like to see it included. I noticed the how to write a problem report=20 > documentation recommended bouncing things off a mailing list first. =20 > Here i am. >=20 > I've played around with the sources of the ata driver and managed to ge= t=20 > the card to report properly with hints from that thread in december on = > current. I also figured out that having the controller initialize with= =20 > the sata init routine instead of the via init seemed to make it work an= d=20 > negotiate SA150. >=20 > i'm still having a few stability problems with the system. I don't kno= w=20 > if its the driver or my NIC. It tends to only happen when i'm using=20 > the network (cvsup, etc) so i'm not sure. You should try out -current as it has support for the nVidia chips=20 already... --=20 -S=F8ren
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