Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:19:27 -0500 (CDT) From: "Tim Soderstrom" <tim@timandcorey.com> To: "Dominic Marks" <dom@helenmarks.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, tim@timandcorey.com Subject: Re: DMA timeouts with Adapter ASH-1205SA SATA PCI Card Message-ID: <1165.70.238.70.107.1146151167.squirrel@webmail.timandcorey.com> In-Reply-To: <444FE92F.5060309@helenmarks.co.uk> References: <49439.70.238.70.107.1146037012.squirrel@webmail.timandcorey.com> <444FE92F.5060309@helenmarks.co.uk>
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> > This card is based on a Silicon Image chip. You might as well > chuck the card I have never got a machine stable with one of these > controllers, I tried three cards all based on this chip, including an > Adaptec 1210SA. All the same, completely unstable. > > I suggest you acquire one of these instead: > > http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=3ware+escalade+8000+2+port > > Save yourself a lot of pain (really) and get one :) With one of these > the rock-like stability should be easy to achieve, hopefully. I am finding that out the more I research this card. I have found, however, that it does work fairly stable in Linux (sorry for dropping the L-bomb) assuming that your hard-drive is not of a certain model. If it is, the driver still works, but runs in a diminished capacity. That said, one thing I noticed when reading the ata man page (I forgot sometimes how awesome FreeBSD man-pages are!), the SiI3112 is listed as a compatible chipset. I am e-mailing this issue directly to the maintainer as a result. If the chipset is not supported, and it seems like it isn't in a stable configuration, I would think this should be ammended. Thanks again fro the help! Tim
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