Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 16:11:18 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@DeepCore.dk> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dmesg for ATA devices (SATA) Message-ID: <40A77686.6010807@DeepCore.dk> In-Reply-To: <40A655A2.5010706@forrie.com> References: <40A655A2.5010706@forrie.com>
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Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I adjusted my BIOS (SOYO Dragon Platinum) to enable only the Primary IDE > + SATA and now I can see all drives on FreeBSD-5-CURRENT. However, the > dmesg output looks a little weird: > > ad2: 76319MB <ST380013AS> [155061/16/63] at ata1-master SATA150 > ad3: 76319MB <ST380013AS> [155061/16/63] at ata1-slave SATA150 > ad4: 76319MB <ST380013AS> [155061/16/63] at ata2-master SATA150 > ad6: 76319MB <ST380013AS> [155061/16/63] at ata3-master SATA150 > > All 4 drives are plugged in to the Silicon Image controller (4 ports). Looks a bit wierd, but as I said last time I need a *full* dmesg to be able to tell. > I'm of course happy to install a PCI-based SATA controller, once I'm > certain about which is best recommended for FreeBSD-5. The jury seems > out on Highpoint and Promise. Anyone care to comment? Promise is the choice IMO. > The dmesg output should probably read master/slave master/slave... ? Depends on controller type and setup, from the above 4 lines noone can tell you what you should have. -- -Søren
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