From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 24 21:49:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A4D16A420 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:49:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ahebert@pubnix.net) Received: from mail.pubnix.net (Mail.pubnix.net [192.172.250.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF0243D48 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:49:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ahebert@pubnix.net) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (aal.pubnix.net [64.235.216.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.pubnix.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k2OLnhgD003653; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:49:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ahebert@pubnix.net) Message-ID: <44246977.2080404@pubnix.net> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:49:43 -0500 From: Alain Hebert Organization: PubNIX, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sos@DeepCore.dk References: <4422FD48.50400@pubnix.net> <1143186432.2255.10.camel@sos.deepcore.dk> In-Reply-To: <1143186432.2255.10.camel@sos.deepcore.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 6300ESB SATA and TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ahebert@pubnix.net List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:49:48 -0000 Søren Schmidt wrote: >On Tor, 2006-03-23 at 14:55 -0500, Alain Hebert wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> I'm about to invest in some Tyan Transport GT20 B5350G20S2H-LC. >> >> But since my epic battle trying to make the Promise Fasttrak 2300TX >>(PDC20580?) works right in Raid1, 2 weeks ago I'm a bit concern about >>those new SATA controllers. >> >> Myself I have a PDC20378 in (heavy) production with 5.4-CURRENT and >>its flawless, I also have a 3ware also in heavy production (way cool but >>pricy). >> >> But I'm wondering if the 6300ESB controller was still stable in >>6-CURRENT? >> >> > >It should be, however hotplug/hotremoval is not supported, so if you can >live without that the work just fine. > I wasn't expecting anymore than -> it works or it dont. I'm sure that it will be there in the future if its worth it. FYI: I'm very (to oo) gratefull for your work on this... My PDC20378 is working like a charme since 5.4. > > >> Anybody need a Promise Fasttrak 2300TX to develop/test/fix? >> >> I know that the 6-CURRENT driver wasn't recognizing the Raid config >>with the 2.5.x firmware, but was ok with the original firmware (2.0.x) >> >> > >You can always send ATA gear to me and get (better) support that way, in >fact that, and sponsoring time to work on it is *the* way to get ATA >support moving forward as I have limited amounts of spare time. >BTW this has been so for the past 6+ years :) > > > I can sponsor a card if its worth it. But my views are: *BSD should not be like Linux and support sub-standard hardware. I dont know the stand of the community on which SATA controller to focus developement on. (Like the adaptecs where with the SCSI Interface). Personally, if I have to deploy mirror, geom is good enought at the moment. But for real production, there is no way around a 3ware card. (mmm 3ware...) ----- For sponsoring time: Heck, I'm broke and ain't a manufacturer. (; My biggest problem at the moment is documentation. I have nothing on the PDC chipsets... I have spare disks, card, and a couple of P3 boxes... ----- I've been helping with the saa7135 (TV/FM card) but I have the same issue with chipset documentation... So I'm reduce to be a test monkey. I dont have the patience anymore to endlessly try stuff up, I need documentation and its been a while since I saw a silicon pusher so all my contacts are pretty much all dried up. (Any hint are welcome) -- Alain Hebert ahebert@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. P.O. Box 175 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 5T7 tel 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net fax 514-990-9443