From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 20:18:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11EA41065687 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2CCB8FC21 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LPjX4-0000z1-Tw for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:18:38 -0800 Message-ID: <21591376.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:18:38 -0800 (PST) From: ThinkDifferently To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1d6d20bc0901170310k59673885t70ad7c2f6e7be2b9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: Jeremy@FutureCIS.com References: <21506446.post@talk.nabble.com> <1d6d20bc0901170310k59673885t70ad7c2f6e7be2b9@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Closure: Is it possible to make a bootable RAID on AMD 700 series chipset? Answer: No X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:18:41 -0000 Jia-Shiun Li wrote: > > ataraid(4) does not have any info about ATI chipsets, and nor does > dmraid of Linux. Supposingly ATI did not release info about software > RAID metadata format so there is little the community can do. > > Since AMD released GPU info after acquiring ATI, maybe they need a > poke about chipsets? > Indeed. In my research and unwitting trials with this particular motherboard (Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H), I found that, while it is generally well tolerated by FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE, the onboard RAID is completely incompatible. Even when a RocketRAID 3120 card was used, the RAID could be built, but the ar0 device thus created, did not survive a reboot. Also, a software RAID was attempted -- after a minimal install from CD, the atacontrol command was used to create RAID ar0, then (without rebooting) exiting back to the installer, the OS was loaded onto it; however, upon reboot, ar0 could not be found. In other words, it could not boot from any RAID, whether by software in FreeBSD or by hardware on RocketRAID. The problem stems from the board's Southbridge SB700 chipset (the infamous 700 series). This chipset is not (yet?) supported in FreeBSD. Other notes on this board include the following: -Generic VGA worked. -The onboard LAN (chipset 8111C) worked in 7.1-RELEASE, but not 7.0. -If the SATA ports are put into AHCI or Native IDE modes, individual disks were recognized, but in RAID mode, neither the RAID nor individual disks could be seen. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Is-it-possible-to-make-a-bootable-RAID-on-AMD-700-series-chipset--tp21506446p21591376.html Sent from the freebsd-hardware mailing list archive at Nabble.com.