From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 27 15:19:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A89D16A401 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:19:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tim@timandcorey.com) Received: from rackdawg.moocowproductions.org (rackdawg.moocowproductions.org [64.39.14.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D66343D48 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:19:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@timandcorey.com) Received: by rackdawg.moocowproductions.org (Postfix, from userid 1006) id 7DF9A41B6E; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:19:28 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-gr0 (2005-09-13) on rackdawg.timandcorey.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.0-gr0 Received: from webmail.timandcorey.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rackdawg.moocowproductions.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A39B2010B; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:19:27 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 70.238.70.107 (SquirrelMail authenticated user timsoder) by webmail.timandcorey.com with HTTP; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:19:27 -0500 (CDT) 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> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:19:27 -0500 (CDT) From: "Tim Soderstrom" To: "Dominic Marks" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, tim@timandcorey.com Subject: Re: DMA timeouts with Adapter ASH-1205SA SATA PCI Card X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tim@timandcorey.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:19:29 -0000 > > 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