From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 2 01:00:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C597E106566B for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spawk@acm.poly.edu) Received: from acm.poly.edu (acm.poly.edu [128.238.9.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63AAD8FC12 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 15952 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2009 00:33:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.184?) (spawk@69.123.45.64) by acm.poly.edu with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 2 Oct 2009 00:33:37 -0000 Message-ID: <4AC54A1F.7020508@acm.poly.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:32:31 -0400 From: spawk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexander Motin References: <4ABB971E.5040709@FreeBSD.org> <4AC515C5.3030504@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4AC515C5.3030504@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sil3512 (sii, SATA) driver on Sun Ultra60/blade 1000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:00:24 -0000 Alexander Motin wrote: > R J wrote: > >>> Have you tried newer SiI3124/3132 cards family with new siis(4) or old >>> ata(4) driver? >>> >> I have tried the Sil3124, but not with the new siis driver. I tried it >> with the ata driver; I had the card with 4 ports, and when I tried it >> with ata, it was exhibiting the same behaviour as the Sil3512 card in >> the ultra 60. >> >> But the Sil3124 card died, and not sure how that happened. I still have >> it, but the system doesn't see it atall. >> >> How can I help? I am willing to do testing utilizing the Sil3512 that I >> have, and if I can get a hold of a working Sil3124, I can test with that >> too. I could probably provide remote access to a sparc64 box for >> testing, but I will have to check on that. >> >> Let me know how I can help. >> > > It would be nice to have some big-endian system for testing. > > I can definitely provide remote access to a sparc64 machine. The ones I have are PCI, though. Hopefully there are PCI variants of the hardware you're testing. -Boris